this Composting seems more complex that it needs to be.https://www.primrose.co.uk/blog/gardening/12345/Is this just because its from UK?I'm thinking of buying a house out in the sticks with Septic System and there is bunch of no-no's for Septic so I figure I'd start a big compost out in the Back 40.How do you keep a Compost bin from becoming a Fly Factory, even if follow all these rules?WTF will happen if I dump all types of food into Compost?WTF about "Composting Toilets"? Do they stink real bad when you open the lid to drop another Deuce and a Half?
>>2965324Fish bones is best compostWTF?
>>2965326in 1st grade they told us the Injuns would grow corn by dropping a fish in with the corn seed.when I asked the old woman the nursery for all around fertilizer she recommended the Fish Sauce.
>>2965326not as good as used matches
People try to gatekeep composting like it's some magic art form. Put whatever you want in the pile and piss on it whenever you're around it. Flip it from time to time and you'll eventually end up with composted material and nutrient rich dirt... If you're throwing meat and stuff on there you might want to keep it a bit further away from the house just because of the aroma.
>>2965324>none of these you silly billy!>animal waste>citrus >onions>fish bones>sawdustBull fucking shit LMAO.I've composted literally all of those. Back garden grew so fucking wild I let it go. Its like a goddamn jungle back there in the spring/summer. Trash that pic OP. It's otdog water levels of bullshit.
>>2965324that pic is more garbage than compost. no one on the uk knows what theyre talking about apparently.
>>2965424>>2965427Exactly. Whoever made that infographic is fucking retarded.
It is like they based the list entirely on smell. You can absolutely fucking compost onions. Animal waste is harder but if the amount is small enough, or the pile big enough, you can do it. And sawdust? Just don't put it in there in a giant clump and it will be fine.
>>2965324all that shit is compostable, it's just going to smell and draw pests and insects
>>2965450Ive never had a problem with pests. But I live in a great area.
>>2965442i think its a pretty effective list for normies living near a city where theyd most likely fine your ass once the neighborhood karen starts making calls
>>2965501Most everything on that list is perfectly compostable. Hell, meat and bone make excellent compost. That list was made by someone who's never touched a trowel or chicken droppings in their life.
>>2965501Generally everything there is compostable. Except the burnt match heads, of which I accumulate a single burnt matchead… on average… once every decade. Why the fuck mention it?Sawdust is fine as long as it’s regular wood.Glossy paper is fine as long as it’s just kaolin and not polyethylene coated.Animal waste is fine, herbivores preferred. Not cats or dogs.Whomever made this list has more value as compost.
thx, everyone, thats pretty much WTF I expected.Any recommendations for kitchen garbage pail with lid and how to get everything out to The Compost without sinking up the house?I think there SHOULD be some lid that works with standard 5 gal bucket but is EASY to open and close, preferably with foot, not some screw on.But I'm also the guy that wants a PLASTIC LEAK PROOF sharp corners trash can perfectly made to work with standard grocery large paper bags. No bigger than the bag, but also 90deg/90deg inner corners to match the bag. I bet you'd sell 100 million on Amazon or Home Shopping Network.https://www.amazon.com/Garland-Jumbo-Kitchen-Compost-Caddy/dp/
>>2965448>Animal waste is harder but if the amount is small enough, or the pile big enough, you can do it. And sawdust? Just don't put it in there in a giant clump and it will be fine.I dump wood chips in my corrals and let my cattle shit and piss all over it. Better not use it for fertilizer now! Kek!
>>2965513Get a small metal trash can with lid, put a plastic bag in it, and set a 5 gallon bucket inside that. Keep the trash can on your deck and dump your kitchen waste into it daily. Take the bucket from the trash can and empty it weekly into your compost pile or compost tumbler. Built this tumbler out of an old small anhydrous ammonia tank.
>>2965324>banana peelNo.They're usually covered with pesticides.
>>2965324> fliesGood compost has worms, worms eat the fly eggs and larvae. Composting bacteria raise the temperature which hurts the flies and their eggs. Bad compost has too little worms, no bacteria, remains cold and the flies will thrive> WTF will happen if I dump all types of food into Compost?You get bad compost. Pesticides will kill the worms and molds that process the compost. Adding stuff that the micro organisms cant eat just slows them down and favours the competition so it will just be a pile with whatever insect is most suited to it. > WTF about "Composting Toilets"? Using human waste as fertiliser can spread diseases if you don’t sterilise it properly > Do they stink real bad Pretty bad but not terrible if they are aerated and you add sawdust to them. Bad enough that you’ll want them in an outhouse
>>2965326Fish bones are actually fermented, not composted. >>2965330Supposedly, when Samoset is said to have done that, it was because he had seen it in England. Also where he learned English. He was trying to show the Calvinists how he thought their people farmed.My understanding is that most of the various northeast peoples mostly fertilized with human manure and corncobs.
