In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades writes:
|
| .. In a lot of guides about composting they give a list of things you
| can't put into them i.e. kitchen scraps and cooking oil. The scraps
| can't be used because of pests but if there is a good lid on the bin
| would it be ok?
|
| Yes. But if you make a composter such as I've suggested, no. However, I
| confess to putting everything except bones on my heap. Bones are saved
| for burying beneath where I'll be planting trees and shrubs.

I run an open heap, and put everything including bones on it. No
problem - not even the police asking questions :-)

| .. What is the reason for not putting kitchen vegetable oil in it? I
| have been putting paper kitchen towels soaked in vegetable oil in my
| bags and it seems to rot down.
|
| Pass.

Bulk oil and fat will keep out the air and water and not rot down;
any reasonable amount of oil-soaked paper will rot down perfectly
well. Why not? It is little different from nut kernels :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.