3 TIPS FOR HOT COMPOSTING Hot composting is one of my favorite ways to compost but it does require a little know how and preparation to get started. ☝️Making your bins large enough will ensure you can fill them with the right amount of material to really get it cooking and decomposing. ✌️I am ALWAYS short of materials so gathering them up when they are available is a real life changer. 3️⃣Make sure your hot compost pile can breathe. without proper airflow your pile can easily turn anaerobic, cau

Cold composting and hot composting both turn organic waste into soil-building compost, but they work very differently. Cold composting is a slow, low-effort process where kitchen scraps and garden waste are added over time as they become available. The pile gradually breaks down through natural microbial activity, often taking many months. While slower, it still produces usable compost — especially at the base, where older material has had time to fully decompose and can be harvested once ready.

Hot compost • Produces crumbly black compost. • Bacteria breaks down organic material quickly • Fastest way to make compost. • Core temperature ranges from 113°F to 160°F.Cold compost • The pile doesn't get hot from microbial activity. • It can easily take a year or more. • Minimal effort: You don't need to turn the pile. • Produces higher volume than hot compostMy county provides free composting workshophttps://www.smcsustainability.org/compostworkshopCheck for free garden rebates at the end of

New to composting? I have you covered. In this video, we covered hot composting, a really common method, but there are many other ways to successfully compost. Composting consists of broken down organic materials. It can act as a soil amendment, slow feed for you plants, or even a mulch. Most of what we compost will fall into three categories:Browns (carbon rich): newspaper, wood chips, sawdust, straw, cornstalks, cardboard Greens (nitrogen rich): grass clippings, fresh manure, fruit and vegetab