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I ran out of recycling bags yesterday at home, but I found two 2+ year old compostable bags that I was hoping I could use instead.  As soon as I started opening one, it ripped in half! I guess that's to be expected... compostable bags don't have the shelf life that standard plastic does. Anyway, I didn't have much use for them now so I decided to throw one in my compost bin. Next weekend, I will be halting my additions to the compost pile for one year, while I start bin number 2.  For those of you not aware, I have been following the Joe Jenkins method of humanure composting over the last year. Since I started this composting method, my piles have gotten much hotter than ever before. …