Good to know.
I have observed that some plants are not bothered by my many sunflowers but some things dont do well under them, which I grow for partial shade. So I am glad to know I can compost them. I read an article that said that the most obvious place where sunflower toxicity is visible is under bird feeders and I have noticed that my plants all died in an area where I had a bird feeder with sunflowers with hulls. So I am glad to know I can compost them. Not sure about the bamboo. More research needed for that. I also have castor bean which is a beautiful plant but so toxic that I did read once that it
should not be composted. I am more interested in sheet composting, which wont get hot, so i will probably put the stalks thru a
wood chipper and throw them in the new bed i am making for spring. I imagine I can use most anything green for a nitrogen source, right? I have a lot of arugula and mustard that I planted as a fast-growing cover crop in between my summer and fall garden.
Anne, I have heard that cedar is not toxic as some believe and i wish i could get any kind of wood chips. I live in a town of 2000 and i think free wood chips are more available in suburban areas.
I like your quotes by Stephen Buhner btw. I learned a lot from his
books, and wrote an herb book myself many years ago.
sophia