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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1318891" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>If I'm using the compost for gardens, etc I wait a year, sometimes even two (sure is nice stuff after 2 years) but if it's going on hay fields it goes on pretty much fresh. This area is really unfriendly to organic matter and nitrogen (hot and dry), so I get better mileage out of it when it's fresh.</p><p>It's a bit of an art to get a compost pile to heat up nicely without overheating and drying out.. once it's dry, it's virtually impossible to get wet again (in our climate at least)... I like piling it, and about when it gets good and hot (about a week usually) I'll turn it to mix the outside layer in.. It's a smelly job, watch the winds!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1318891, member: 9096"] If I'm using the compost for gardens, etc I wait a year, sometimes even two (sure is nice stuff after 2 years) but if it's going on hay fields it goes on pretty much fresh. This area is really unfriendly to organic matter and nitrogen (hot and dry), so I get better mileage out of it when it's fresh. It's a bit of an art to get a compost pile to heat up nicely without overheating and drying out.. once it's dry, it's virtually impossible to get wet again (in our climate at least)... I like piling it, and about when it gets good and hot (about a week usually) I'll turn it to mix the outside layer in.. It's a smelly job, watch the winds! [/QUOTE]
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