Backyard Compost - City of Sunnyvale

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Greens and Browns GREENS (C:N < 30:1) Immature plant material •kitchen scraps •(vegetable 12:1, fruit 30:1) •grass clippings (20:1) •c<strong>of</strong>fee grounds (20:1) •cow, poultry, rabbit, horse manure •none from meat eating animals •vegetable garden wastes •live plant pruning BROWNS (C:N > 30:1) Mature, woody plant material •Leaves (40-60:1), naturally fallen •Corn and sunflower stalks •Dead plants/pruning •Straw (100:1) •Pine Needles (70:1) •Shredded Paper (170:1) •Wood chips, Sawdust (400:1) •no plywood or pressure treated
Material to avoid • Cat or dog feces • Meat or dairy food wastes – egg shells are welcome in the pile • Hard to control material – Bermuda grass, Bind weed (wild morning glory) – Ivy, unless it is finely chopped • Wood ashes • Plants treated with herbicides • Use Oleander only in a hot pile • Thorny plants unless shredded
Page 1 and 2: What is Composting • Controlled d
Page 3 and 4: Why Compost? • Reduces landfill p
Page 5 and 6: Grasscycling • Leave grass clippi
Page 7: Ingredients of a Compost Pile •GR
Page 11 and 12: Building a Compost Pile •Use 50%
Page 13 and 14: Cold Composting • “Add as you g
Page 15 and 16: Examples of Compost Piles For sale
Page 17 and 18: Harvesting the Compost •A Hot pil
Page 19 and 20: One teaspoon of good garden soil to
Page 21 and 22: Incorporating Compost Bare Soil Com

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