Composting 101

DO COMPOST

• Garden Debris (With the exception of Tomato plants and Bermuda Grass)

• Food Scraps

• Fruit Wastes

• Straw & Hay

• Coffee Grounds & Tea Bags

• Hair & Dryer Lint

• News Paper & Corrugated Cardboard

DON’T COMPOST

• Weeds & Grasses: Invasive Kinds “GONE TO SEED” such as morning glory, buttercups, Bermuda grasses, quackgrass, crabgrass, oxalis, etc.

• Branches and Wood Trunks

• Large Amounts of ANYTHING SOGGY

• Wood Ashes

• Lime

• BBQ Charcoal

• Meat, Grease, Bones, Skin

• Dairy Products, Fatty Foods

• NO HUMAN OR ANIMAL WASTE

• Plastic, Metal, Glass

• Contaminated Matter

• Heavy Cardboard