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Re: Coffee filters in the compost...

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In a message dated 99-06-20 05:42:49 EDT, you write:

<< Okay, so I've got this great compost pile out back I've been working for 
the 
 past 3 years.  Up until this year I've only composted grass clippings and 
 yard wastes.  This year I got hooked on gardening and have begun composting 
 appropriate kitchen scraps as well...  including coffee grounds.  My wife 
has 
 been more than cooperative in this venture, but we both make sour faces when 
 scraping the grounds out of the coffee filter.  Or else we try to shake them 
 out and wind up with speckled skin and clothes.  Then it dawns on me that 
 filter paper's gotta degrade *at least* as fast as some of the other stuff  
I 
 throw in there.  Right????  Is there any harm?>>

     No, shouldn't hurt anything. Lots of people put in shredded newspapers 
(no color ink...it's toxic). I don't see why a coffee filter would be any 
different. It may take a little longer to decompose is all I can see.
 
<<What do the rest of you do? >>

     Here's what I do. I run everything (coffee filters, tea bags [with any 
staples removed], all veggie scraps, everything) through the blender once to 
get the chunks into more of a pureee and then pour it on the pile. Seems to 
speed things up as far as decomposing. It's all stuff from the kitchen, so 
you don't need to use a separate blender or worry about anything you've put 
in there.
     Also, a layer of horse manure every now and then will really get things 
cooking.

Lisa Viger


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