{"id":5651,"date":"2016-01-13T04:54:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T11:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2016-01-10T07:54:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T14:54:58","slug":"begin-a-compost-heap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/begin-a-compost-heap\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials for a Compost Heap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of materials are suitable for a compost heap. Pile in a mix of green and brown organic materials to help them heat up, when biological activity will then be at the highest.<br \/>\nOrganic material includes plants and most items that have been growing. Avoid droppings from carnivores such as dogs but other manures are fine.<br \/>\n<strong>Type of Material<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ashes from untreated wood potash &#8211; use small amounts, it can make the pile too alkaline<br \/>\nBird &amp; Chicken droppings are high in nitrogen, beware seeds.<br \/>\nCardboard and manila envelopes tear or shred and dampen<br \/>\nBio-activator applied as a liquid or activator like <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B001AR5X3G\/richardpettin-21\">Garrotta<\/a><br \/>\nCoffee grounds tea bags and filters<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nComfrey leaves or water soaked in comfrey.<br \/>\nChemically treated grass mowings use after six months<br \/>\nDiseased plants but if your pile doesn&#8217;t get hot enough, it might not kill the pathogen.<br \/>\nEggshells crush and crumble<br \/>\nHair but not in big clumps<br \/>\nHedge Clippings finer the better<br \/>\nKitchen waste- vegetable matter, fruit and vegetable peelings \u00e2\u20ac\u201c uncooked trimmings<br \/>\nLeaves from broadleaved trees decompose slowly, shredding helps them break down faster.<br \/>\nManure horse, cow, pig, sheep, rabbit &#8211; good nutrient source.<br \/>\nNewspaper shredded to breakdown and mixed with green matter<br \/>\nPine needles and cones &#8211; acidic and decomposes slowly.<br \/>\nSeaweed good for trace elements<br \/>\nSoil with worms in very thin layers.<br \/>\nSawdust, chipped trees and wood shavings mix with green material and do not use too much or pile separately.<br \/>\nWeeds dried out on the path then added. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use seed heads<br \/>\nTurf pile separately grass to grass roots to roots to make loam.<\/p>\n<p>Good quality <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B001APWMLY\/richardpettin-21\">compost pail <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B001APWMLY\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B001APWMLY.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wooden framed <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/\/richardpettin-21\">compost heap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Green 220 litre <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0017TYD06\/richardpettin-21\">compost bin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of materials are suitable for a compost heap. Pile in a mix of green and brown organic materials to help them heat up, when biological activity will then be at the highest. Organic material includes plants and most items that have been growing. Avoid droppings from carnivores such as dogs but other manures are fine. Type of Material Ashes from untreated wood potash &#8211; use small amounts, it can make the pile too alkaline Bird &amp; Chicken droppings are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/begin-a-compost-heap\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,176,13],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-5651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-gardening","category-garden-equipment-tips","category-tips","tag-beginner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}