On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 03:15:25 GMT, Paul Below
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 02:56:30 -0400, Chris Owens
wrote:

Hair doesn't compost very well; put the vacuum bag in the trash.

Really? A book I have says it is a good source of nitrogen.

Composting isn't rocket science. Stuff rots. There's plenty of
information on the web and elsewhere for hot, cold, organized, lazy,
fast and slow composting, as well as "recipes" for ingredients. Seems
to me this is pretty much a matter of individual choice. No matter
what 'ingredient' is mentioned, there will be 'for' and 'against'
opinions. There are those who dump *everything* into the pile or bin,
and those who use a recipe. All claim success. I wouldn't *think* of
throwing veg trimmings into the trash, but that's where the vacuum
cleaner dust goes. Satirical aside: many caution against composting
grass clippings that may have been contaminated by weed-killers, but
what about *hair* treatments? Bleach, dye, oil, gell, spray -- I'll
bet our hair is a lot more toxic than our grass. :-)