I accidentally emptied a pan of water, that had been used to boil meet, on my compost pile.
Please tell me there is a way to save my compost?
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Why are you concerned? Was it hot? Did it have lots of salt in it?
Meat is discouraged in the compost pile because it is more likely to attract unwanted attention from critters -- rats, dogs, cats, other wild animals. Also could attract flies. But these critters could potentially visit/raid your compost pile anyway.
Adding meat or meat boiling water in and of itself won't be a problem.
Meat is discouraged in the compost pile because it is more likely to attract unwanted attention from critters -- rats, dogs, cats, other wild animals. Also could attract flies. But these critters could potentially visit/raid your compost pile anyway.
Adding meat or meat boiling water in and of itself won't be a problem.
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If you come back I'll tell you about how I compost the entire bones, skin and fat of the Thanksgiving turkey by burying it in a steaming hot pile of grass clippings and leaves. By spring all that's left is the occasional large bone. It's not that meat isn't compostable - in fact nature recycles dead animals just fine through decomposition on or in the soil. The only problem is the attraction of critters (varmints as we call em in the Ozarks).
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