On May 9, 8:44*am, "Gill Smith" > wrote:
> gradually getting my house sorted
>
> went to a local environment group's open day yesterday
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> they no-no'ed composting fat, meat bones, fish heads etc.
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> their objection seemed to be it encourages rats
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> I've always thought composting *anything* organic is fair game
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> others of that opinion?
>
> --http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

What type of composting would you be doing? We have a 3x5 meter area
where we compost leaves and kitchen scraps (not much of the latter,
far too much of the former). In the early days, my DH tried putting
the turkey carcass in there, but the coyotes tore the pile apart.
I've divided it into 3 bins, and we rotate them year by year. No
animal bits or pure fat allowed.

The larger commercial operations will take anything, but they are
running long rows 6-8' high, turning them with backhoes. They
probably have some extra protein that wanders in and doesn't get out
before a good turning occurs, but then, it'll all get decomposed
before it's used, so no big deal<G>

maxine in ri