Learn about the different organic materials you can compost – which vary from fallen leaves to human poo! If you’re new to composting, we recommend starting with What You Can Compost: From Everyday Items To The Bizarre…
Can you compost chicken? I buried a whole raw carcass in a hot heap. Here’s what I found after 48 hours…
I Buried A Whole Chicken In My Compost Bin. This Is What It Looked Like Two Days Later Read More »
Lying between the back of my house and my chicken run is a large expanse of lawn. My wife loves it; I always think it’s fairly useless since it doesn’t grow anything I can eat. But in one way, it’s far from useless – it’s a fantastic source of compost material. In fact, when I
Composting Grass Clippings: Mistakes, Myths and 2 Tricks Read More »
Every morning, Gill Thomas collects dog poop bags from the bins outside her local park and takes them home. It didn’t begin this way. In spring 2025, a resident flagged what Thomas describes as a “grot spot” – hundreds of littered dog waste bags dumped along a rural lane beside a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust nature
Can You Compost Dog Poop? One Councillor’s 750-Bag Experiment Read More »
I don’t know about you, but I find most “can’t compost” lists incredibly annoying. They often include items like grass (I compost vast amounts of grass every year), weeds (an excellent source of compost material) and human waste (haven’t they read Humanure, Shit in a Nutshell?) In fact, I often find it quite hard to
What You (Really) Can’t Compost Read More »
Bulking agents are essential for successful composting. They create air pockets to help oxygen-loving bacteria thrive, absorb excess moisture, and improve the structure of dense, wet material. Without them, composting can be slow and inefficient. Now a new study published in Nature.com has identified the best bulking agent for home composting – and it’s both
A Study Found One Key Ingredient for Faster, Better Compost Read More »
If you’ve read a few of our articles (covering everything from composting fish to dead chickens), you won’t be surprised to learn that bread can also be composted. In fact, bread is easier to compost than many other materials we’ve covered. However, like all food scraps, it does come with some unique challenges. Why compost
How to Compost Bread (The Pest-Free Method) Read More »
Fish guts and remains can present a challenge for the amateur composter. It’s something I’ve become well aware of, as when I am not gardening or composting I am often fishing. It’s a great way to provide protein to go with the veg from the garden – and it’s far less damaging to the environment
How to Compost Fish: No Smell, 3 Simple Steps Read More »
Boy, do we produce a lot of manure. In the EU alone we produce 1400 million tonnes of manure, and the USA produces a similar amount. (That’s just the animals, humanure excluded.) This causes problems – think methane being released into the atmosphere, for example. But it also has the potential for some serious benefits
Use Manure, But Make Sure You Compost It First, Say Scientists. Here’s Why… Read More »
17th April 2023 In an exciting new initiative, Tend, a sustainable product brand, has partnered with the Buffalo Zoo to produce compost made entirely from the manure and bedding of 14 different species of hooved herbivores, including rhinos, giraffes, and zebras. The combination of high-nitrogen exotic animal poop and carbon-rich aged stall bedding, straw, and
Zoo Animals’ Poop Turned into High-Quality Compost – Available for Sale Now! Read More »
Have you been panicked into putting half your waste into the trash can instead of the compost bin? Pretty much every week an article seems to be written on things you CAN’T compost. The truth is, pretty much everything that has recently lived is compostable. It IS true that some things are more difficult to
Composting Myths Debunked: The Truth About ‘Non-Compostable’ Items Read More »