natural fibers & wood

Fabric, fiber, and untreated wood sit in a slow lane of compostability: a cotton t-shirt or wool sweater is technically a pile of plant or animal protein, but it was engineered to resist falling apart. Everything here composts eventually if it's genuinely 100% natural — the catch is that most modern textiles are blends, and even a small polyester percentage leaves a synthetic skeleton behind. Cutting fabric into strips, burying it deep, and being honest about labels are the recurring themes. Wood scraps, coir, cork, and feathers round out the category, each with long timelines that suit them better to sheet mulching than to an active pile you turn weekly.