Compost

Today was the day to make compost, not any old compost, but the highest quality compost that could be made using the available ingredients, but since we have made compost before I had some of the leftovers from last time to include in the mix. The formula goes like this:
Organic Matter layered with HOT Matter and watered all the way up.

Here is a look at the organic layer. Green stuff, kitchen scraps, yard waste, grass clippings, leaves from last fall and whatever else you have laying around, but NOT - Sticks, chunks of wood, chunks of sod, sawdust or anything else that is not small or easily broken down.


Here is a little experiment to measure just how hot it gets inside the compost heap. HOT layer is made like this:
5 gallons chicken maunure, 3 shovels soil, 5 gallons grass clippings, 3 gallons coffee grounds, 4 shovels last batch of compost.


Here is the finished compost pile. This will sit for at least two weeks, maybe three, and this time the temperature will be monitored. Currently at about 64 degrees in the heap. 58 Degrees outside. 9:30 pm. Should also be interesting to see how the heap decreases in size as it "cooks"
An indoor outdoor thermometer with the outdoor side halfway in the heap. The conduit is to protect the lead from getting broken when the heap is built and taken down.