MIX UP

PILE LAST TURNED

a Compost Cocktail

GREENS (NITROGEN): BROWNS (CARBON):

Vegetable scraps Dry leaves
Fruit peels/rinds Aged hay
(minimal citrus) Cardboard egg cartons
Algae and aquarium water Newspaper
(freshwater only) Chipped wood
Coffee grounds Dried grass
Tea grounds/leaves Paper towels
Houseplants Shredded paper
Spent flowers Straw
Manure from herbivore animals Wood ash
Alfalfa meal or hay 100-percent cotton,
Weeds that haven’t wool or silk fabric
gone to seed Coffee filters
Plant prunings Peat moss
Bone meal Pine needles
Hair Sawdust
Feathers Tea bags
Fresh grass

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