Hey all,

I'm a raw vegan, and some of my recipes use nut and seed pates, very finely ground, usually belended with water/veg juice/etc. Almonds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds mostly.

Could this be put into the compost do you think? I have some "lost in the frigde" molded up ones wondering if they could be added in.

What do you think?

Yes, any and everything you eat can go in the compost pile.

Sounds like a lot of greens and browns to me. Toss 'em in!! The mold would probably be a step in the process anyhow.

Yes toss it in the pile. Very little cannot be compost besides meat scrapes(which won't be a problem for you) and a few others.

Mold is good! We put everything in except dog and cat poop. But then we're vegetarians.

The general rule of thumb for composting is it you can eat it or it once grew it can be composted. There are a few exceptions, notably the Poison Oaks, Ivies, and Sumacs and depending on the volume of your compost pile fats. Those seeds would be a good material to add to your compost.

I read in one magazine the oinions, leeks, garlic, etc. should not be put in the compost pile. anyone know if that is true or not.

As said, any plants or food can be composted. There are folks with personal preferences that will not compost certain plants, like the onions, leeks, garlic that rgriisser asked about (can't think of any reason for that) or the meat scraps that homesteader5 mentioned. The only reason I know to not compost meat is that critters can sometimes dig them up. While I don't eat meat either, I do raise chickens for eggs. When one of the girls goes off to the Great Henhouse In The Sky, their earthly remains go deep into the compost pile.

Wayne

Onions, leeks, garlic and citrus aren't good items if you're vermicomposting, but mine go into the compost pile all the time. Citrus does take more time than many others to decompose--especially the peels, but they will rot like everything else. If you have secure compost bins, meat and fat are ok too, as Wayne says.

Didn't know that about vermicomposting, Wiley. I guess that's the something new I learned today.

Happy Halloween!

Wayne

does vermicomposting accelerate the process?

The mold is fine--toss it in.

Frankly, I 'recycle' a lot of things in the compost that I wouldn't eat--toilet paper rolls, used kleenex (OK, say 'Eeeeew' and get it over with!), bits of paper and cardboard (envelopes, pizza boxes, etc). My heap--a cold heap that doesn't get turned--sits under trees so it gets a lot of leaves in it at this time of year.

A few items that I wouldn't add to the compost for the edible garden get composted under the mulch around the lilacs, willows, and magnolias.
The occasional dead shrew, mole, rat, or sparrow---courtesy of the cat--gets tucked in beneath the mulch or in any new planting holes for ornamentals.

rgriisser, which magazine did you read that in? Keep in mind that many of the very commercial magazines are full of myths and half truths about composting as are many web sites.

IMO vermicomposting does accelerate the process, but if you've got a big compost ple you have to have a LOT of worms for it to be efficient and quick.

Yes Wiley, I was thinking of a worm bin :~D
Still haven't gotten mine going
I will!
I will