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You are now entering the addiction phase of your composting. This is the point after which your husband won't be able to change your mind in any way anymore. To feed your addiction, purchase a thermometer with which you can measure the core temperature (a meat thermometer works, or then something designed for gardening/composting). You can also stick a metal rod in the pile and feel it for the temperature. Have you done the squeeze test to see if the moisture is ok? Although if it's started cooking, it probably is.Took the tarp off this morning to mix my pile and it was letting off some awesome steam ) mixed it added more chicken poo and dried leaves then recovered it ... getting rain today so hopefully the tarp will keep some of it out.
Welcome, hopefully you'll enjoy the thread. My method is a bit labor intensive, but it would work with a lot less turning as well - it only makes it take a bit longer. If using a pitchfork is awkward for you, there are compost turning tools available as well, which I think might be a bit easier on the back.This is a topic I am quite interested in. I haven't started to read yet but have looked at all the pics. Hopefully, it's not too labor intensive as my back cannot handle much of that.
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I like to hot compost my poultry bedding to "clean it".This is a topic I am quite interested in. I haven't started to read yet but have looked at all the pics. Hopefully, it's not too labor intensive as my back cannot handle much of that.
Just wanted to subscribe for now. I'll start reading later.
I was always a pile it hot composter. As it began to cool, I would flip it with a fork. I as always too ambitious with volume to use bins.I'm pretty much a pile-it composter. also so a fair amount of trenching, and lasagna building. I do have a little compost drum affair that is supposed to turn out finished compost in 2 weeks if you spin it daily. I find that it does not work any faster, and probably not as fast as my pile-it method because it is too small.