I have one of those Earth Machines (looks like a little Darth Vader head).

Thanks.

If you decide to add bread, don't tell annpat. She doesn't like anything that gets soggy. If she asks if you added any bread, deny it vehemently.

I usually leave the bread for the birds once it gets stale, but I don't want to give them moldy bread. Good to know that you can add it to the pile.

Good point about the compost pile and the mold helping it breakdown. I did not think of that.

Ahhhh, the circle of life is a wonderful thing!

greengardener, say I was looking in here one day and you posted something about the huge hunk of white sog that was sitting on top of your compost pile and it made me sick? How would that make you feel? Really bad, I bet. And I bet if you think about it, you'd feel ill, too. You know those people who eat 78 hot dogs in under a minute? Have you seen them dunk the whole darn hotdog in a glass of water---bun! and all??? No, of course you haven't seen that. You turned away, like anyone would. But you can imagine it, right? The thick paste that was bun, now sog, dripping off the contestants' chins? If I weren't trying to spare you repeating the experience, I wouldn't put myself through this right now. Anyway, I think I've made my point, and I hope I haven't disgusted people imagining the pile that others might have you construct.

And bpgreen, I can feel the kinship; I know you're no donut dunker.

Sorry, I'm kind of off topic here.

Karen

Cynthia H.
El Cerrito, CA

Although, I do still compost bread.

Anita

Off topic, I know, but in a nutshell (no pun intended) bread has very low and imbalanced nutritional value and too much salt for birds.

With that said, I compost bread too...and dip toast into my tea.

Hope I haven't made any enemies.

(I stopped feeding bread to the birds because I have a raccoon problem and they were getting it more than birds. But I too had read about the bread not being good for the birds. So it was a good thing I had a coon problem, because it saved a few birds! I believe I am turning into one those annoying people who find the bright side of everything.)

At my house, I like to keep a water dish outside for hte dogs,but the racoons like to use it to wash their food in... which is mainly stuff they have taken out the fridge on my back porch.

The bread (multiple pieces) has been added to the compost bin. And for good measure, I added some water so it will swell up! ;-D

And I do put bread in my compost without any issues.

That was just plain mean.

Oh yeah, the kind who compost and use bread to grow mold.

Annapat, let me guess. You don't eat blue cheese do you? It's my favorite!

Karen

Everyone?

Speak for yourself! I dont mind soggy bread in my compost heap one bit. It falls apart sooner and disappears within a turn of the pile.

Btw, watch out - whenever there's a thread about putting bread on the pile some poor sucker always ends up sending annp a bucket of their best compost. She orchestrates it all, I don't know how.

Personally, I enjoy dipping pretzel rods in a glass of cold soda or milk and letting is "sog up" and then eat it that way. Or chocolate chip cookies into ice cold milk.

And when you eat a really good cheeseburger just off the grill, or a nice greasy cheese steak, the bun gets that greasy softness to it. DELICIOUS!

And even if you do not enjoy the soggy food and try to avoid it, it does become soggy once you ingest it as it aborbs as the stomach acids so it can breakdown. So it is soggy, in your stomach.

Mmmmm.....

Bon Apetit'!

I also toss moldy fruit and bread into the compost pile, but I think often the squirrels get it before it turns into anything not referred to in polite society.