I decided the best way to show you about my hot composting was to post some pictures. This batch is around 2-3 weeks old. The last addition of grass was one week ago. It has a great earthy smell to it, no harsh or amonia smell at all. It is hot, but now so hot that it now kills composting worms. There were several worms just under the burlap bags when I opened the bin. I keep burlap bags on top to hold in extra heat during winter. In the winter we get into the low 30s (not cold by midwest or northern areas, I know I used to live up north).
If the pictures look blurry, it is not the cameras fault. There is lot of steam rising up. I dug a whole in the center to get more steam. It worked, but the the camera didn't pick it up as well as in the first shot.
I will wait maybe one more week and then distribute this around. When I do, I will start a photo journal of my compost heap from start to finish.
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