[Greenbuilding] re: composting (in extremely cold climates ?)

[Robert Tom]

On Sun, 04 May 2008 23:07:36 -0400, Leanne Rellstab <lmcclain at wyoming.com>  
wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with composting in extremely cold climates?   
> Or any suggestions about where to look?
>

Leanne;

I'm just in a cold climate (~8750 HDD/yr) and not an extremely cold one  
but we have composted for, well, forever.

In winter for us it's simply a matter of having more bins to accommodate  
the frozen material which will resume its composting activity when the  
weather warms up again in Spring. Hungry critters don't seem to be a  
problem. The big ones are hibernating and the little ones can't open the  
lids.

I suppose that one could dig a pit and cover it with tempered patio door  
glass to make a pit greenhouse of sorts and perhaps use night insulation  
but that seems like a lot of bother IMO.

Or I suppose one could do indoor vermicomposting.

Other than that, where to look ? My bet would be that Google might yield  
something.
Or perhaps Jenkins' Humanure Book ?
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