How to Make Your Own Compost: - Only Thoroughly Composted Manure is Safe

“Master Gardener says that: Thoroughly composted manure is safest.” This article has been published in “Record-Searchlight” News.

For all those who are learning how to make your own compost his post, and indeed everyone who is using compost, this article should be a timely reminder to take care about the possible transfer of infection via compost. For many of our readers who are resident in the UK, and in Europe where the EU countries have laws and regulations on this matter, they will know how seriously our governments take the passing of disease through compost. The UK suffered huge financial losses and stress to the whole farming community in the early part of the last decade due to the Foot and Mouth disease which is just one example of what can happen if an infectious disease is able to spread via compost, and the use of infectious agents spread on agricultural land. The guys at ”Record-Searchlight” News have the answers though. We recommend a visit to their web site article page for their tips on how to make your own compost safely.

Pathogens will be killed by high-temperature composting, although backyard compost piles often don’t maintain sufficient heat to do this. To be safe, don’t apply manures to your garden until they’ve been composted thoroughly — until all odor has …

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If you use fresh manure, wait at least 120 days to eat vegetables that were in direct contact with it, and 90 days for others. Pathogens will be killed by high-temperature composting, although backyard compost piles often don’t maintain sufficient heat to do this.

To be safe, don’t apply manures to your garden until they’ve been composted thoroughly — until all odor has dissipated.

Don’t include dog or cat feces or pig manure in compost. They can contain parasites that will survive a long time.

The United Kingdom has regulations to protect the public from commercial organisations spreading infectious agents in compost and it is known as the Animal By-Product regulations. Now, nobody is suggestion that you need to follow those for a humble garden compost. It is rather that you need to be aware of the serious nature of observing sensible rules for compost heap when learning how to make your own compost.

Wikipedia has a page on the subject of ABPR Regs, where they say:

The Animal By-Products Regulations (No 1774/2002) (SI 1482/2003) allows for the treatment of some animal by-products in composting and biogas plants (anaerobic digesters). The following article describes procedures required to allow solid outputs (compost, digestate) from composting plants and anaerobic digesters onto land in the United Kingdom.

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