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I call BS on this quiz.
Cheese, citrus, and diseased plants in reasonable amounts are just fine. Just don’t overdo it and put the “diseased plants” deep into a cooking pile.
Cheese can cause a problem if you haven’t figured out how to keep the critters out. Sticking cheese scraps, bones, etc. deep into a hot pile takes care of that problem.
Been working for me for 30+ years.
The source for this info is the EPA. Beware! The Environment Pollution Agency doesn’t seem to know what it is talking about. For your composting info, try a source that cares about the environment and organic gardening.
My cheese is best enjoyed in an elevator after I get off.
Dill Weed
I haven’t tried composting human “waste” yet, but I guess its a growing trend. From what I’ve been reading our disposal methods are just a good way to pollute our water supply.
I’ve found this book an interesting source of information.
http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html
People have been composting human waste for a long time. I know a few people who have composting toilets.
It’s potentially a bit risky. Those whom I know do not add their “brown stuff” to their vegetable gardens but use it in their orchards.
Do not use human waste, composted or not, on root crops. Stalk and tree crops ok.
It might be important to ask why a person wants to compost. If for an outside garden, ‘cold composting’ works fine. Just bury the stuff a few inches, no need for a compost pile. If you want composting for indoor plants, then sure, do warm composting.
I’ve been making large compost piles for years. On my pile in my rural area, cheese, meat and such items compost within a day. My local ravens grab them while still warm and they become flight, feathers and lots of cawwing soon after. By the next day i’ve got bird manure under my big apple trees where they love to perch.