Greens for Your Compost Bin
"Greens" are the nitrogen-rich increases to your fertilizer heap. These will in general have heaps of dampness, separate rapidly, and give a brisk burst of warmth to your heap. While we call them "greens," in fact any plant matter will work here: espresso beans, for instance, are dark colored in shading, however they're wealthy in nitrogen, henceforth, they're a "green." Here are a few thoughts of greens for your heap:
- Foods grown from the ground strips
- Citrus skins
- Melon skins
- Espresso beans
- Tea leaves/tea packs
- Old vegetables from the crisper
- Houseplant trimmings
- Weeds that haven't gone to seed
- Grass clippings
- Crisp leaves
- Deadheads from blooms
- Dead plants (as long as they aren't ailing)
- Ocean growth
- Cooked plain rice
- Cooked plain pasta
- Stale bread
- Corn husks
- Corn cobs
- Broccoli stalks
- Turf that you've evacuated to make new garden beds
- Thinnings from the vegetable garden
- Spent globules that you utilized for driving inside
- Occasion greenery (from wreaths and swags, for instance) - simply make sure to cut the stems off of the wreath frame or wires first)
- Old, less tasty bundled herbs and flavors
- Eggshells
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