Maintaining a Compost Pile in the Winter

RE: Maintaining a Compost Pile in the Winter Post by Metanine (1) | (03/30/2007) Profile | Contact Since you suffer in the cold, I suggest that you use a worm bin for the Winter months. It does not take a lot of space and you don't need to worry to have them wander out of the bins. They stay put. What I do with my composters is surround them with bails of hay to insulated them. It works for me because my uncle composts the uneven bails anyway. I put all my kitchen scraps in plastic bags that I store in my shed area. When the snow melts enough around my composters, I simply dump the content of the bags into my composters, taking care to add as much brown as possible to balance the whole pile. There is a lot of documentation on the subject available on Canadian Websites. The City of Toronto: Solid Waste Management @ http://www.toronto.ca/compost/winter.htm is a great example. Hope this helps, Metanine from New Brunswick, Canada RE: Maintaining a Compost Pile in the Winter Post by foxrun41 (28) | (03/26/2007) Contact As the previous poster said you don't need to do anything.The break down process slows during the winter months but it will pick up with warmer weather. RE: Maintaining a Compost Pile in the Winter Post By charles k (Guest Post) (03/24/2007) no you don't do anything in winter it's part of the breakdown process/you can cover it if you like but is not necessary..