What is hot composting? Hot composting is when you mix browns (like leaves, cardboard or woodchips) with greens (like food scraps and grass), keep it moist and airy, and let microbes heat the pile to 130–160°F. That heat makes materials break down faster and helps kill weed seeds and many pathogens, giving you finished compost much more quickly than a cold pile. At The Foodbank Inc., we use an industrial in‑vessel composter from Green Mountain Technologies to process our food waste. The benefits

The Compost Coach- Build Soil & Grow a Regenerative Garden on Instagram: "To make hot compost you need to encourage thermophilic microbes into your mix. These fiery beneficial bacteria spring to life when you build your heap all at once with enough volume for it to become self-insulating. One cubic metre is ideal, but you will need to build your pile to around 1.5 metres high initially, as it will settle quickly. Your heap should be made from moist green (nitrogen-rich) and brown (carbon-rich) l