[Greenbuilding] composting

[Speireag Alden]

On 2008, May 04, at 23:07, Leanne Rellstab wrote:

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


     I do, here in New Hampshire (I don't know about "extremely"  
cold, but it gets pretty chilly hereabouts).  I compost humanure in a  
hot pile, and other stuff in very cold piles.  The cold piles take  
years anyway, so I just let them sit and moulder.

     The "hot" piles freeze solid in the winter, but in the spring  
they heat up and cook.  The current hot pile is just getting into the  
eighties (F), so it's about to torch off as the thermophiles get  
started.

     It's pretty impressive when the volume of the pile decreases  
over the course of a few days.

     What's your question?

-Speireag.


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