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Mon, Oct 8, 12 at 14:23
| I started a compost pile on Wednesday. Lots of dried leaves, some pine needles, grass clippings, and 2 five gallon buckets full of table scraps. It's probably a little under 1 cubic yard. Left town on vacation over the weekend, come back yesterday, and the thing is hot! Stuck my hand in the middle and it felt like it was good and cooking.
Should I turn it now? And if so, how often should I turn it? I'd like this to compost as quickly as possible just because. |
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| Turn when the temperature starts to drop, the pile starts to cool off. That is telling you that the bacteria that are digesting the material have chomped on all there is an need some more, the stuff on the edges. |
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| no i believe you should start turning once the temp starts to drop. if you have a thermometer take a reading. |
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