#hot composting

[growingwildgardens]

Compost is looking pretty hot 🔥

[sayhowdycountrycritters]

Teamwork; helping my husband, @sayhelloanimalfriends, rotate the materials in the compost pile. He uses the “hot composting” technique.

[tenpolegardener]

July in the garden

Kitchen waste and coffee grounds are best for my hot composter.

[tenpolegardener]

July in the garden

Hot composting

[tenpolegardener]

February going into March

My plucot is always the first to wake up... spring and autumn are my favourite seasons.

Closer view of my Plucot

My blueberries are coming out as well.

There something appealing about weathered wood.

Sorting out my compost in the hot composter... adding in my coffee grounds. Noticing plenty of worms so this is going to be good compost.

Various containers have rain water so I need to collect this. Store it in my water butts.

[tenpolegardener]

October

My next visit to the garden is really trying to get stuff tidying up and I have plans for my layout. I really need to get some broad beans in and my garlic/onions in as well before we have frosts and bad weather.

My first job is taking out some of the maturing compost from my hot composter. I put in my compost bin and well worms and other insects continue the process of composting.

Checking in on my saffron and I have a few flowers to pick.

Better get on with my other jobs, lots to do.

De-weeding my gro-beds ... ready for my next; if I get my onions/garlic/ broad beans in where I want them then these are going to be strawberry beds.

My Robin is interested in my tidying up as I move this heap of composted matter and woody stuff... luckily for the Robin there are plenty of treats.

I caught my finger on a bramble thor; took ages to stop the bleeding.

It’s really good to see progress I am making.

[tenpolegardener]

Composting is an art of mixing green and brown waste. No expert but I am learning how best to do it in my hot composter. I am learning that it’s important to add in dry stuff like cardboard and sawdust as there is too much moisture in the green waste.

Grass clippings are good for getting it up to temperature. Bread and other stale cake are good to help the bacteria to get going.

I have my green waste, added in some straw and now some bark. That help with the composting process. Then another green waste layer. I will mix it up in a day or two.

[tenpolegardener]

Clearing the ground. I find using my Spade is the best way to deal with grass, weeds. Grass is good for the hot composter.