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8. The only thing animal-connected I put in my compost pile

Wed May 7, 2014, 08:58 AM

May 2014

are eggshells. So, now rotting vegetables are bad for the environment? Really? Color me skeptical.

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The Shocking Carbon Footprint of Compost [View all] HuckleB May 2014 OP

Um, ick. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #1

When there is a balance of carbon to nitrogen of 25-30:1. TexasProgresive May 2014 #3

Thanks for that info Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #6

What you did there is indeed "composting". waddirum May 2014 #22

This is not smart TexasProgresive May 2014 #2

Absolutely right. silverweb May 2014 #5

Exactly. nt laundry_queen May 2014 #7

perspective...we need more of it Supersedeas May 2014 #9

Thanks for confirming my hunch... sendero May 2014 #20

The only thing animal-connected I put in my compost pile Le Taz Hot May 2014 #8

Yes, I'm mostly talking about commercial-scale composting grapedoc May 2014 #10

Welcome to DU lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #13

it's the uncomposted waste from factory farms that is a REAL issue. piratefish08 May 2014 #15

What some don't seem to understand TexasProgresive May 2014 #16

That is a good thing to do TexasProgresive May 2014 #19

My neighborhood Dorian Gray May 2014 #21

Well I guess we'd better pipi_k May 2014 #23