Composting 101! Everything you need to know to get started making your own compost. Greens (energy): fresh grass clippings, dairy/chicken/rabbit manure, fruit and vegetable scraps, garden trimmings, coffee grounds, bedding from plant eating animals. Browns (bulking): wood chips, sawdust, hay, straw, corn stalks, cardboard, shredded paper. Balanced: deciduous leaves, horse manure with bedding, ground up tree and shrub trimmings, legume hay Avoid composting these: meat products, animal droppings f