My friend runs a teddybear shop and just got a new shipment of goods. And she also got a cucumber from my garden and some free and fast waste disposal. I am liking this agreement, she gets a shipment once a month and I get the boxes.
My puny but surprisingly feisty little pile (about half s square yard) just went to 56°c (132f) 🥳 I can't believe it's warming up!! Tomorrow I'm going to turn it, and add some new stuff – it was somewhat green heavy because I didn't have enough browns but now there's more. Also going to feed it a bit more chopped weeds.
I wonder if I should add material first then flip (all gets mixed), or first flip then add new material which will work as insulation and hopefully get populated?
by Ancient-Patient-2075
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I would add new stuff and then turn so it gets mixed in but I bet either way would work.
Wait, 51, haha anyway I am thrilled to get warmth after years of sad cold piles growing weeds and snails!
C:N ratio around 30:1, if it smells, add browns if your grass cutting or high Nitrogen or if it cools. To ensure good heat for long periods, people use a minimum of 1 cubic yard, that seems to be the limit for cooking your piles and killing off any pathogens and weed seeds.
what do you use to shred that much board?