Can French Bread be composted?

Anyone know about this? Thanks.

Good question. Googled it: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=can+bread+be+composted%3F

Seems it can, but large amounts of it should be avoided?

I've put old bread in the compost pile many times. Not a lot, but a few slices.

French bread would be fine for composting.

Garlic bread would be better tho! (Adds more flavor to the compost and makes your garden earthworms feel special-favored.)

Rye bread is very humus-y. Er, wait, is that Wry is humor? I fergit!

Baggettes work well also...(self-bagging and will walk themselves to the compost pile).

Wonder Bread? What can I say? It composts wonderfully!

And raisin bread makes compost just perfect for raised beds!

Definately yes in the raised beds, especially if they are made with self-rising flour :)

And yeast rolls? I would certainly think your compost piles would rise to the occasion :)

I'm not certain about egg-rolls - sorry, just 'yolking' around :)

HAH!....

Bugfreak, my apologies! I had no idea what would get started here! (Or did I!)

(Still keeping an eye out for your flying ants so have patience with me!)

Horseshoe,
In your region there is also a large horned beetle that interests me. The ant is very common in west Texas all the way to west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I think there is something in everybody's region that I like. Maybe I should just post a US map and color code it with what lives where that people living there could send me. I can't wait to do cuttings on my passion flowers.

Don't worry about the thread. It's all in the name of fun. I laugh everytime I come and check on it.

BTW
Thank you all for replying. I have some bread I don't need to hang on to any more now that I asked my question.

Thank Gosh! Cause it was getting pretty bad.


This message was edited Feb 6, 2004 8:46 PM

This message was edited Feb 6, 2004 8:46 PM

Thanks BugFreak for being such a sport! I do get carried away sometimes :)

"Thank Gosh! Cause it was getting pretty bad"

HAH! I can just see you shaking your head in awe?

Yes, that horned beetle we see here. I think some folks call it a Rhino beetle (may just be a local moniker).

YOu want em dead or alive?

Horseshoe,
Horned beetle? That's the one. They are a dark green varying in color with spots. I think it's pretty common across the eastern part of the US. Wouldn't you know it. All across except here where I live.

There is another larger one but it lives in the west.

We'll have to keep in touch and see if you find any of these little critters for me. Both the flying large ants and the beetles. Live in both is what I'm looking for. The female beetles have no horns though. Just an FYI.

Bug, Throw your bread out for the birds, they'll love you for it. Wintertime is scarcetime for food for these "buggers". Of course, in FL, there are probably many seeds and such for them to nibble on, but give it to the birds anyhow. :)

Misty,
I hadn't thought of that. Humm... I might just do that. I just need to elevate it so it's not on the ground where my dogs can get it. I hope it doesn't attract squirrels. Do you think it would? I can't stand squirrles. I leave them alone but they better leave me and my plants alone.

Hugo....you could have made croutons out of the bread. Jo

Bug, Yuck, I hate squirrels too. So take the bread down to the local park, ha, ha...I know that squirrels love bird seed and corn, I'm sure they'd pick up on the bread. I'm so far out in the country and live amongst so much wildlife that I don't think of those things. :) If you have an old birdbath, you might try putting it in there, might even be able to find one at Goodwill. Just some thoughts....

If you have a sheltered place, you could hang one of those collapsible mesh basket things with the bread in it. You know, these:


This message was edited Feb 7, 2004 11:53 PM

FOrgot the picture:

A fish keeper would work, too:

This thread had a lot of laughs, made my morning. Donna

Yummm...French Bread (fresh!) used to sop up Squirrel Sauce Piquante! Yummy!

A tasty meal right before your eyes, Bug!

Actually, you *could* make the fish keeper into a squirrel trap. The one I bought Howie has a spring-hinged one-way door at the opening...Squirrels get in, but they can't get out! ;)

Jo,
The bread was green with mold so I don't think croutons were an option. Thanks for the tip though.
gardenwife,
In my case catching the squirrel isn't so much the problem. What to do with it afterward is where I'm stumpped. The aren't really a problem here yet (knock on wood). The only "incident" we had was one of my irises I brought back from my old house in Colorado was dug up a bit. What are these buggers looking for in my potted plants? Weird!...
You know, there's a lot of new construction here. The lot right next to my house was COMPLETELY cleared. Large oaks, magnolias, and palms were leveled in a mater of a couple of hours. This was a double lot too. I heard some whisteling from the pile of rubish and trees. I approached the pile and after straining my eyes to try and find the source which sounded like a bird I found 2 baby squirrels. I took them to an animal rescue. As I'm sure you can all relate, I have a heart for squirrels I just don't have one for squirrels in my yard. I don't really have too many though. Actually, I've never seen them in my yard. Which reminds me...
Have you guys ever seen a nectivorous cat (main diet consisting of nectar)? We have one here. It belongs to my other neighbors and her name is "Margo". I told him that his cat was nectivorous and he didn't believe me. He said, "What? She eats cat food. How do you know?" He asked. I said, "Well there's something she's not telling you cause she was hanging from our hummingbird feeder the other day". He didn't say much. Hummm...

How funny! I would LOVE to see that kitty's acrobatics! I like squirrels, too, but hate it when they chow down on the sunflower seed we put out. This winter we're having to save on some costs, so no seed -- and no squirrels eating it. It's funny to see them hang down off the edge of our gutter and shimmy down to the suet feeder when we have it out, though!

Squirrels here don't eat bread, but the squirrels here don't eat corn, either.

Wow, our squirrels sure eat corn!

Maybe your squirrels are on Atkins. ;)