[Greenbuilding] composting

[Speireag Alden]

On 2008, May 08, at 19:39, YankeePerm at aol.com wrote:

> 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.


     I suspect that we're building different piles.  It sounded like  
yours were a good deal larger, for one thing.  Mine are, inside the  
bales, about 4 feet by 4 feet, and contain only the humanure and  
sawdust for two adults and two children.

     Also, I live farther north, where it gets a bit colder.  But  
it's been warmer in recent years.

     I suspect that the main difference is size.

-Speireag.


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