We got around two feet of snow yesterday. Join me for a quick walk down the steps and through the raspberries to look at one of our bins to see how it’s doing.
Compost and 2 feet of snow
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Winter Composting
Thermometer is frosty, but inside the bin it is a cozy 140 F.
There are two important things to know about winter composting in places like Massachusetts:
1. Winter composting is possible and requires little more than frequent additions.
2. If your compost freezes over, which is normal, that is NOT A PROBLEM! The pile will restart once the weather warms. Continue reading
Starting a compost in winter
Started in the coldest weather, it took three weeks for this pile to heat up.
This has been a very cold, very snowy (snowiest on record, more falling as I type this, on March 28, 2015) winter. Even in these toughest conditions you can successfully start a compost and get it cooking.
I took this photo March 23, about one month after starting a new compost pile. Despite outdoor temperatures reaching above freezing only a few times, the pile was up over 100°. A week later the compost temperatures have been hovering between 110-120°.
Winter Composting do’s, don’ts and what if it doesn’t?
Thermometer is frosty, but inside the bin it is a cozy 140 F.
Winter composting always seems to confuse people, which is understandable.
So what is the secret to successful winter composting: Do the same things you do when composting the rest of the year, only faster. Continue reading