I filled up my geobin for the first time with a bunch of various shredded leaves and grass clippings mixed in. Temperatures are about 15-40 degrees F in NJ, can I expect this thing to finally start heating up?
It looks a bit skewed towards the browns but you should get some heat for sure. Keep on adding and mixing in those greens!
bipolarearthovershot
Put a thermometer in there and tell us why don’t ya?
Jtwil2191
How do you turn something like this when it’s so full?
Do you just undo it, move the barrier to the side, and then refill it (thereby mixing it)?
jakethesnake0078
I have a drill with an auger on it. It turns mine pretty good. Or good enough. I have two of those bins
tinybluedino
On a scale from one to 10, pee on it.
SgtPeter1
My pile was all leaves and grass and never got hot until I mixed in coffee grounds. Like that it’ll probably just get moldy, which is okay and will decompose still. But if you want it for the spring mix in a good amount of coffee grounds. Mine started cooking at 125° after I added them. I got a couple trash bags full from my local Starbucks.
Chemical_Bowler9734
Too small a pile to get hot. Needs to be a cubic yard.
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It looks a bit skewed towards the browns but you should get some heat for sure. Keep on adding and mixing in those greens!
Put a thermometer in there and tell us why don’t ya?
How do you turn something like this when it’s so full?
Do you just undo it, move the barrier to the side, and then refill it (thereby mixing it)?
I have a drill with an auger on it. It turns mine pretty good. Or good enough. I have two of those bins
On a scale from one to 10, pee on it.
My pile was all leaves and grass and never got hot until I mixed in coffee grounds. Like that it’ll probably just get moldy, which is okay and will decompose still. But if you want it for the spring mix in a good amount of coffee grounds. Mine started cooking at 125° after I added them. I got a couple trash bags full from my local Starbucks.
Too small a pile to get hot. Needs to be a cubic yard.