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The Worms Are Back!

Although winter is far from over, it hasn't been consistently below freezing for at least a few weeks...today was 60 F. I remember going outside to empty my food scraps in the bin when it was well below freezing thinking that all the worms must have perished by now. Fast forward to today, and I found one climbing out of the side. They must have burrowed deep to wait it out... glad they're back! It definitely helps speed up smaller scale composting efforts by throwing in some red wigglers.

very HOT compost in very COLD weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g1u1nFazpE Volume is the key for hot compost throughout the year... manure and urine are great additions when you have a large pile, too.

Cambodia Composting in Place

Siem Reap, Cambodia is an awesome place to visit- I highly recommend checking it out. Of course, I was curious how their food waste is handled. When I was near Angkor Wat, I noticed what appeared to be large scale passive composting efforts. There were huge piles of leaves gathered up and (I think?) some food scraps in the middle. Excellent!