permaculture

[John Fritz <johnfritz77@yahoo.com>]

Do you have any reference for "hot compostiing" of kitchen and garden wastes? 
 I generally just toss these into a chicken wire bin and let them decompose 
at their own rate over the course of the summer. Hot composting sounds like 
fun, and I would like to learn this technique.  Thanks for any insights.
   
  John Fritz, NW Arkansas. 
   
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:16:42 -0700
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Generally the advice re humanure composting is to become adept at hot 
composting of kitchen and garden wastes before attempting humanure 
composting. Once your first batch of humanure compost has aged a 
year, if you have any doubts at all on whether it's safe to use, get 
it tested by a soil/microbiology lab. Or wait 2 years, or use it on 
ornamentals or fruit trees.


 
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