How to keep your compost pile warm even in severe frosts: a summer cottage trick
Many summer residents want the “preparation” of compost to continue even in winter.
However, in the cold season, the compost heap can simply freeze. In this case, the necessary process will resume only in the spring.
However, any gardener can easily ensure that the future organic fertilizer has a high temperature even in severe frosts.
There is one interesting method, which was described by the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
The essence of a country life hack
For the winter, the compost heap should be placed in a fairly deep hole. In no case should the mass be left elevated before the onset of frosty and snowy seasons.
It is necessary to dig a hole, the length and width of which are one and a half meters, and the depth is one meter.
It is into this depression that organic remains should be sent.
You can install “walls” made of boards near the hole to create something resembling a box.
When located at a significant depth, the compost heap does not freeze.
But you need to remember the following: the location of the mass close to groundwater is good, but you just need to avoid flooding the pile after the end of the cold season.
Earlier, the expert listed common mistakes when preparing compost.
