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Crowing
I think if you do DL on it (and I think you should) you don't need to seal it, just make sure you have at least a foot of mixed sized materials (leaves, wood chips, straw, veggies from the kitchen you were planning to compost, dirt to inoculate, etc.
You won't ever need to clean it out. Just keep adding and when you need finished compost, move the top layer off to the side and take from the bottom. The concrete can wick extra moisture and help prevent anaerobic microbes from taking over.
I have an 18" concrete footing around my run and right up against it is where the best compost comes from. The concrete seems to manage moisture for me, keeping it neither too wet nor too dry.
I'm now seeing that it's possible to do true DL without a dirt floor. I've got beautiful finished compost being produced in my DL dirt floor run, but now after getting the mix right in my raised wood floor coop it's happening there too.
I don't have to take it out to finish it in a compost pile. With patience and good management, it all happens in one place.
You won't ever need to clean it out. Just keep adding and when you need finished compost, move the top layer off to the side and take from the bottom. The concrete can wick extra moisture and help prevent anaerobic microbes from taking over.
I have an 18" concrete footing around my run and right up against it is where the best compost comes from. The concrete seems to manage moisture for me, keeping it neither too wet nor too dry.
I'm now seeing that it's possible to do true DL without a dirt floor. I've got beautiful finished compost being produced in my DL dirt floor run, but now after getting the mix right in my raised wood floor coop it's happening there too.
I don't have to take it out to finish it in a compost pile. With patience and good management, it all happens in one place.
