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Old 05-05-2010, 06:47 PM
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Kitchen waste what can and cant I put in my compost bin? Im guessing meat and fish is a no no? Veg fine? What about stuff like bean juice, custard, gravy, yoghurt, pasta and well everything else? lol
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Hi Pacey, you can't put meat, fish or any cooked food in your compost bin. But you can put tea bags in!
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Pacey, a wormery is great for alot of kitchen scraps, the only down side is that they are pretty expensive. I keep saying that I'm going to buy one!

Here's a couple of links:-

Bubble House Worms, Wormery and Bokashi sales

WormCity Questions About Wormeries, Worm Composting, Worms For Fishing And Composting, Ants In Wormery, Fruit Flies, maggots
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Boooo I was hoping to be able to just throw everything in lol
Think I will have to go without the wormery for a while aswell
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Kitchen waste what can and cant I put in my compost bin? Im guessing meat and fish is a no no? Veg fine? What about stuff like bean juice, custard, gravy, yoghurt, pasta and well everything else? lol
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This may help you in your quest to get good compost.

Beginner's Guide to Making Great Compost, A Composting Guide for Everyone
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Thanks GreenHouse will take a look
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