Backyard and Outdoor Living

SOME LIKE IT HOT

If you’re doing a lot of pruning and weeding and you and your neighbours have a lot of green waste to get rid of, why put it out for the council when you can make use of it for your garden? Save it up, collect it together and make an 18-day hot compost.

Regular or cold composting takes several months before the material breaks down sufficiently to be usable on the garden. We’re talking anything up to 12 months, depending on a number of factors.

Hot composting produces the good stuff in a much shorter timeframe, measured

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