Composting Flour

Hello everyone!!

I have been trying to research as to whether I can compost out of date flour in my compost bins. Most of what I have read say yes, but I just want to make sure. Also I want to ask advice on the best way to do it.

Thank yooooou!!

 

Hey BigBird,

Long time no see, hows the garden coming on?

Flour is only out of date when its got mold or weevils in it. On my stag night I ended up in a house that hadn't been lived in since the 60s.

On getting the munchies in the middle of the night I made some very acceptable buscuits from 20 year old ingredients.

If you do want to compost it, spread it out well with some fresh green stuff.

 

It'll compost just fine so long as you are talking about putting in bags of flour rather than a sack of it.
An alternative if you can be bothered is to bake it as thick biscuits with bird seed added and then feed it to the birdies.

 

If you see flour reduced to pennies because it's reached its use by date, wrap the bags in polythene freezer bags, seal thoroughly then put them in the freezer and they'll last up to another 12 months.

No need for a mass baking session and chucking anything left over away.