Gardening & Landscaping
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Basic composting question
Hi ladies,
I'm very new to composting. In fact I just got a bin going last week. I know that most produce can be composted, but what about produce that's gone bad? Like if I had a partial bag of spinach that went bad - could I compost that or is it no good?
Re: Basic composting question
Spinach that has "gone bad" has already begun the composting process--toss it on in there.
In fact, I keep stuff that's going to the compost pile in a covered bowl on the counter for a few days to really get it going before I put it in the pile.
All produce can be composted, and it definitely doesn't matter how fresh it is. Like pp said, rotting is just the initial stages of decomposition, which is what happens in your compost bin anyway!
I have a ceramic canister with a carbon filter-lined lid that I keep on my kitchen counter for conveniently tossing scraps while I'm cooking. I also have an outdoor bucket right outside my backdoor for tossing larger voumes of produce waste. About twice a week I empty both containers into my compost bin, and the scraps are usually well on their way to rotting by that point.