Composter’s Log: Stardate 60393.6 - Winter Has Arrived
It’s official (well in my mind anyway) - our Canadian winter has finally arrived. We have snow. We have cold. Woohoo party time…
I’ve actually been worrying a fair bit about the bin. This morning I was out cleaning the snow off my wife’s car (I’m nice) and it was COLD!!! It felt to me like minus 20 (-4 F), but according to the weather network it was closer to minus 10 (14 F) - which reminds me, I need to get myself a good outdoor thermometer.
I’m actually happy to see the snow, and would like some more. Aside from the fact that I much prefer a winter with lots of snow (nothing worse than super-cold, barren winter wastelands), it will also serve as an excellent insulator for the compost bin.
This morning I piled as much snow as I could round up behind the bin (since this side doesn’t have the same insulation as the other sides. The other day I also added some extra cardboard layers along all the inside walls of the bin so that should help insulate as well (my original cardboard layer has decomposed quite a bit).
I was happy to see that internal temps are still quite cosy, with many zones hovering in the 20-30 C range (68-86 F). Hopefully we can keep things well above zero even once it gets REALLY cold (should be a nice thick layer of snow around the bin by then).
I’m sure my neighbourly-assessment-index is starting to creep from ‘quirky’ to ’strange’. Perhaps by the end of winter I’ll be lucky enough to have achieved a rank of ‘raging lunatic’. Oh well…hopefully we’ll manage to educate a few folks in the process.
Stay tuned for more updates.
Previous posts in this series:
Composter’s Log: Stardate 60376.9 - RED ALERT!!
Composter’s Log - Stardate 60352.8
Winter Composting Extravaganza
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Note: The Winter Composting Extravaganza has moved to a new home. To catch all the latest winter composting action be sure to check out the Compost Guy Winter Composting Page.
Written by Bentley on December 5th, 2006 with
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