Compost question

Can I add old potatoes to my compost bin?

Can I add whole fruit and veg to it not just the peelings ie stuff from the fridge that is too old to be eaten?

Want to get it right

Boys in there now being Davros, very tempted to tip the peelings on them    

Oh B****r, said the blind dalek, as he climbed off the compost bin  :oops:

I pop all my tattie peelings and haulms on the compost....rot down a treat!  

ok lets just use the one comment here for what you can put in a compost heap ........... if its organic  you can put it in the compost . if it plant material that grew when it was alive put it in the compost , man made stuff can not go in the compost .  

But shouldn't you qualify that by whether or not one bothers to turn the heap regularly through the season? Many people do, which is fine for uncooked old tatties, some don't, which can cause the problems  I mentioned above. Old tatties are the only organic thing I don't put in my heap for that very reason, and have never regretted it.  

if they growing in my bins then i will have a crop ofnice tatties when i dig em up  

we put anything that comes out of the ground in our bin, and then add toilet roll tubes to make the air holes to lessen the need for turning.

We also have a small bin in the kitchen -its a small bright green plastic "mini dustbin" which is moulded to look like an old fashioned bin. The lid is held on with flip up handles (like an old bin) and it cost £1.18 from tescos - I think its ment to be a waste paper bin for a kids bedroom. As its watertight and the lid clips closed securely we have it in the kitchen and just add the peelings etc as we go then pop down the garden with it every couple of days to empty it into the garden compost bin. We do have some compostable liners that we got a few years ago (not sure if we really need these though). By doing this it means we dont have the dilemma of what to do if we are peeling veg and its pouring doen outside...the compost dash can just wait until the next day .

Cheers,