Hot Composting: More Compost, Less Time! PART I

This is a video series that I shot some time ago. In Part I we discuss some of the science behind hot composting and how to do hot composting. Hot composting creates compost quickly compared to cold composting which translates to moving fertility to your garden quicker and increasing your yields now rather than later. Enjoy! Ignore the part at the end with the emailing for a pdf, that was part of our online session.

[pleasantpatch]

What a great video, looking forward to watching the other parts. I did bokashi this winter as I am in a new home and have yet to set up a hot compost. I highly recommend. I was actually adding bokashi compost to a bed today! I keep the one like what you have in the video under my sink, then I bought a huge rubbermaid container which I store in my basement. When the sink container gets full, I dump into the big one. I was pleasantly surprised how decent it was broken down, I started in February and the stuff I was mixing into my new bed was maybe 60% broken down. I may continue to use the partial compost into new beds or I may put into my future outdoor compost, I haven't decided haha.

Anyhow, I thought I would share my experiences with bokashi and one final note I am currently fermenting rice water, just the stuff I rinse my rice with before cooking and I will give it a try in lieu if the bran. I would like to be able to bokashi without having to buy something on a semi regular basis.

Cheers and I hope you have a great 2023 growing season