Some time in june, we had some past-best potatoes. So I took them out and put them in the composter...I hate to waste food, but the way I see it, in cases like that where we just bought too much of a vegetable and something goes rotten, if I can compost it, it's going to assist me in growing future food, so it isn't a complete loss. And then, like you do, I put other stuff in the composter, so the potatoes got covered up.
Today, I pruned dead leaves off one of my houseplants, and I took them to the composter. As I tossed my dead leaves in, something caught my eye in the corner of the bin. My rotten potatoes have sprouted, and I have accidental new potatoes growing in my composter. WHich, if I knew that was going to happen, I honestly would have planted the things in the garden. Lesson learned, I guess, and hey! Clearly I'm making good, rich compost, to the benefit of future vegetable gardening.
