What NOT to Put in Your Compost Bin Composting is one of the most satisfying things you can do in a British garden. You take your kitchen scraps and garden waste, toss them into a bin, and a few months later you have rich, dark compost that your plants absolutely love. It’s free, it reduces…
Garden Waste for Compost: Leaves, Grass and Prunings If your garden produces more green waste than you know what to do with, you are already sitting on one of the best composting resources available. Leaves piling up along the fence, grass clippings left on the lawn after mowing, woody prunings heaped beside the shed —…
Composting Tea Bags and Coffee Grounds: The Full Truth Every morning, somewhere in Britain, millions of people make a cup of tea. They dunk the bag, squeeze it against the mug with a spoon, and drop it in the bin without a second thought. Meanwhile, the coffee drinkers are spooning grounds into their filters, brewing…
Can You Compost Meat and Dairy in the UK? It’s one of the most common questions that comes up when people first start composting at home. You’ve got a chicken carcass left over from Sunday’s roast, or a bit of old cheese that’s seen better days, and you find yourself standing over the compost bin…
Composting Cooked Food in the UK: What’s Allowed? If you’ve recently started composting, or you’re thinking about giving it a go, you’ve probably already run into the great cooked food question. You’ve made a lovely shepherd’s pie, there’s a bit left over, it’s gone off in the fridge, and now you’re standing over the bin…
What to Compost: A Complete UK Guide to Green and Brown Materials If you’ve ever stood in your kitchen holding a soggy tea bag and wondered whether it can go in the compost bin, you’re not alone. Composting is one of those things that sounds straightforward until you’re actually doing it, and suddenly you’ve got…