Greens (quick to rot):

Grass mowings

Poultry manure (without bedding)

Young weeds and plants, nettles of any age

Intermediate:

Fruit and vegetable scraps

Rhubarb leaves

Tea bags, tea leaves, coffee grounds

Vegetable plants

strawy animal manures

cut flowers

soft hedge clippings

Bedding from herbivorous pets

perennial weeds

Browns (slow to rot):

Old straw

Tough plant and vegetable stems

old bedding plants

fall leaves

woody prunings, evergreen hedge trimmings

cardboard tubes, egg cartons

crumpled paper and newspaper

DO NOT USE:

Meat and fish scraps

dog and cat offal

disposable diapers

coal ashes

plastic, polystyrene, glass, metal