[Greenbuilding] composting

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In a message dated 5/5/08 7:51:31 PM, speireag at gmail.com writes:


>      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.
> 

I lived in Western Massachusetts where it got as cold as -35 F one year.   
Our compost piles in the garden gave off steam all winter.   Building a new 
outdoor compost pile in such conditions is another matter.

DH




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