I turned my pile this weekend, and it immediately got much hotter! I last turned it about a month ago, and since then the temperature dropped from the 120s F to about 100 degrees. I would’ve turned it sooner except that I also needed to do some work in the bin that required emptying completely, which I wasn’t eager to do. After I finally got around to emptying the bin and fixing it, I put the newest layers on the bottom and the older ones on top and watered it all pretty thoroughly, and within a day the temperature jumped to 150 degrees! It’s actually the hottest temperature I’ve gotten since I started the pile this summer. Current volume is about 2/3 of a cubic yard or 18 cubic feet, if anyone was wondering.
by the_other_paul
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We all know that it was pissing on it that brought the results but you’re obviously trying to push an agenda here..
I suppose that by doing that the heat that is normally produced by the decomposition of the upper layers cannot be dissipated into the environment since it is in the lower layers this time. And that causes temperatures to rise drastically. I only turn it when I see that the bottom of it is compacting. And if I have observed the same thing.