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1. Browns are Nitrogen rich and Greens are carbon rich. You need a balance of each to get good compost.

   Greens are things like kitchen scraps: veggie and fruit peelings, eggshells, coffee grounds. never add oils, processed foods, meats or dairy in your home pile.

   Browns are things like wood chips, dry leaves, sticks, straw, and newspaper.

   Greens tend to decompose quickly while browns take a bit more time. If your pile looks to dry, water it and add some greens, you probably need more nitrogen. If your pile is a smelly sloppy mess, you need more browns.

   Small pieces of each will allow your compost to break down quickly, but be sure you turn your pile often so the air can circulate.

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   or high water | Feb 19, 2009 | Reply

2. green is high in nitrogen which will make your compost cook

   examples; food scraps, fresh grass clippings (note having too many will result in a stinky mucky pile)

   brown stuff examples are; leaves, straw, hay, brush,

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   Jenna | Feb 19, 2009 | Reply

3. Green waste tends to be things that are natural. Such as fruit, grass clippings, etc… usually things from the kitchen, like tea bags, uncooked fruit and veg but also incorporates green things from the garden such as grass clippings.

   Brown waste is compostable material that is not green waste, such as newspaper, straw, egg shells, bonemeal, more compost, soil, etc…

   See the link. theres a table at the bottom.

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   Bax | Feb 19, 2009 | Reply

4. Green = fresh grass clippings, kitchen scraps. Stuff that's still "green" and often moisture-laden.

   Brown = twigs and sticks, hay, straw, dried grasses, etc. Stuff that died awhile ago, and is dry, and brown.

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   Cat | Feb 19, 2009 | Reply

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