Level 1 'scraps' go to making broth. That's really just the extra onion layers, ends of carrots sans shoulders, and tops and bottoms of celery.
Level 2 scraps are chicken food. All good peelings etc. of greens, broccoli, fruit, cabbage, plain oatmeal, etc. If I am careful with the eggshells, and wash and toast them, then those, too, but they too often get ahead of me. I hope to have a better system for them in the new house. No onions, lettuce, etc.
Level 3 scraps are for the compost. Anything that doesn't make it to the broth or chickens pretty much.
Any produce that has gone too far or doesn't go to level 1 or 2. As you said, old tea bags, egg shells, and also dry grains if something happens that we can't/won't eat them. Also, any grassy clippings, non-noxious weeds, leaves, etc. Noxious weeds are usually made into weed tea so that the seeds can't survive, but they make a great, if somewhat stinky, fertilizer for plants. Most weeds do.
Those long roots bring up a lot of nutrients that are stored in their bodies, so when you make them into weed tea, the nutrients become bioavailable for your flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables.
Also, a section for chicken hay. It's quite hot, so helps a lot.
White slugs? I've never seen one. I have banana slugs, though...and lots and lots of the dark ones. Yuck. They sometimes touch my arm. They are so cold. When writers talk about the chill of ghosts, I'm sure that they were touched by 1 or more slugs.
If you ever see earthworms, you can move them to your compost pile.
I will have to start a new compost pile for the first time in a long time, when we move, but it's definitely worth it.
Also, a worm house. We built a 4-sided wooden, rectangular base, then put a top on it eventually. Inside, a piece of old carpet on one side, wet cardboard, leaves, vegetable matter, like cabbage leaves, etc.
Fisherman would love it, but I move them to the compost and/or garden beds. They are great for aerating the soil, and creating worm castings. Personally, I like lures, and foods like cheeseballs for fishing.
Good work, going ahead with your compost ahead of the straw bale garden. That's so exciting! :-)
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