1 Q: What can I put in the compost pile?

2 Put it all in a compost pile, and before long you'll have a good fertilizer.

3 I fling my waste on the compost pile.

4 You can dump your old herbs into a compost pile or bury them in your soil - they won't hurt anything.

5 If you start a compost pile over time you won't need to use so many chemical fertilizers .

6 She explains that you can make a compost pile or dig a pit or use a waste container with holes cut in the side.

7 And do keep the compost pile damp,[] especially during dry periods.

8 Today, a compost pile is just as likely to be associated with a suburban backyard as it is with an organic farm.

9 It adjusts the heat needed to incubate the egg by adding to or subtracting from the amount of compost piled above it.

10 Or as I'm ripping a cereal box into shreds, I'll ask, "Ever thought of putting this into the compost pile?"

11 I will mark the place so you can see my compost pile more easily.

12 “A sawdust toilet is a five-gallon bucket with a toilet seat on top, and when it’s full you empty it into your compost pile, ” he said.

13 This page includes articles in The New York Times about compost, as well as links to outside resources and books on how to build a compost pile.

14 It is a gift that produces all spring and summer long, and when the season ends, can be uprooted and delivered to the compost pile.

15 And you can go ahead and just put the newspaper cup back in your compost pile, if you like.

16 Do add lime, small amounts of wood ashes or crushed eggshells to the compost pile.

17 This big plant in the back died. You've got to dig it up and throw it into the compost pile .

18 I will highlight four areas in which I choose to focus in the coming year. They are the recycling of household waste, the use of plastics in the kitchen, having a compost pile and eating vegan.