Composting natural fibres

My old denim gardening jeans are falling to bits so I’m contemplating ripping them up (won’t be difficult!) and putting them in the bottom of the bean trench.

A quick Google search suggests that cotton and wool garments are good materials for composting but I just wondered whether anyone has actually tried it, and whether they found it easy or wish they hadn’t bothered.

(I have already thought of the possible problem of inadvertently jean-etically modifying my bean crop, by the way!)     

Does it attract flies?

I regularly add natural materials to the compost heap and count them under browns. Caused no problems the last four years.

Just remember to strip out zips and other metal bits, elastic out of knickers (!), labels that are not natural fibres - oh and run the dishclothes through the washing machine first just in case they have something nasty in/on them.

I will add that I use environmentally friendly laundry liquid so that there are no chemicals taken to the compost heap.

Just a few assorted thoughts.

Just a thought: I DO hope you've got replacement trousers to wear for gardening 

Jeans now interred, zips, studs n'all!  (Trace metals supplement for soil, or possibly I'll find them next year?!)

Thanks for your concern on behalf of my neighbours Trillium, I am now wearing a pair of jogging bottoms (and also realising why they were so cheap; hopefully they will wear out fast!) 

JayG - I have heard that composting jeans is good for growing turn-ups

Of course you will have to 'wrangle' all the metal out next year!!

don't forget woolly jumpers!

The clothes do take a while to rot so be prepared to wait