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Wood chips • Sawdust Think of browns as microbe-candy: they break down into sugars and give the microbes energy. “Greens” are fresh plant materials: • Green weeds from the garden • Fruit and vegetable scraps • Green leaves • Coffee grounds and tea bags • Fresh horse manure • Eggshells Because of their nitrogen content, greens can be thought of as a microbe’s protein bar. A healthy compost pile needs a good balance of browns and greens because air and water are very important. Browns tend to be bulky, promoting good air flow, while the greens usually have lots of moisture. Perhaps even more important to the owner of the compost pile is the fact that a healthy compost pile is a non-smelly compost pile. Without air passages into the compost pile, a different sort of microbe might come to the table, creating a decomposition that smells like a garbage dump. If a smell of ammonia is noticeable, that means the pile is too wet, or the
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