tortoise
Wild Hare
We have two composts. A kitchen compost in a black plastic bin, and a "poop pile" where I dump rabbit urine, poop, hay, as well as leaves, occassional yard clippings, etc. I have about 15 rabbits, so it is a lot of rabbit poop and hay!
My parents always had a compost pile that never did anything. In a decade, there was never usable compost.
So I went out to turn the compost pile because there was some smelly wet stuff on top.
Holy balls! That pile was black and STEAMING in the inside! I've never seen anything like it! (I guess that is what is called hot composting?)
What do I do to maintain it? Can I turn it too often? If I dump fresh pop hay on top, and then pile the stuff from the edges on that every day. Then spread apart the pile to it has a flat top, aerate the middle and cover the middle part from the sides again once a week?
Is that too much messing with it? I'm just so to see compost working. I've ALWAYS had a compost pile, and I've never seen it work before!
One more question - if I change from hay to wood chips this winter (for litterboxes), am I going to screw up the pile? If I use hay AND a little wood chips, would that mess it up?
My parents always had a compost pile that never did anything. In a decade, there was never usable compost.
So I went out to turn the compost pile because there was some smelly wet stuff on top.
Holy balls! That pile was black and STEAMING in the inside! I've never seen anything like it! (I guess that is what is called hot composting?)
What do I do to maintain it? Can I turn it too often? If I dump fresh pop hay on top, and then pile the stuff from the edges on that every day. Then spread apart the pile to it has a flat top, aerate the middle and cover the middle part from the sides again once a week?
Is that too much messing with it? I'm just so to see compost working. I've ALWAYS had a compost pile, and I've never seen it work before!
One more question - if I change from hay to wood chips this winter (for litterboxes), am I going to screw up the pile? If I use hay AND a little wood chips, would that mess it up?