Comments on: Compost (part 2): A Half Empty Bin and Some Worms http://greenprophet.com/2008/02/03/126/compost-part-2-a-half-empty-bin-and-some-worms/ Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: james http://greenprophet.com/2008/02/03/126/compost-part-2-a-half-empty-bin-and-some-worms/#comment-184 james Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:25:53 +0000 http://70.47.232.211/~karink/?p=883#comment-184 yes, when the compost becomes like the consistency of soil. take some in your hand and check if its crumbly .... basically, the longer you leave compost, the better it becomes, meaning the more 'soil-like'. and yes, the bottom of your compost pile will compost first - thats where the worms etc are working away, and where the heat of the pile is. So that's why its good to either divide your pile in 2, or have 2 piles. So that you decide when to stop adding to 1 pile, turn it, and just leave it to work. hope that helps! yes, when the compost becomes like the consistency of soil. take some in your hand and check if its crumbly …. basically, the longer you leave compost, the better it becomes, meaning the more ’soil-like’.
and yes, the bottom of your compost pile will compost first - thats where the worms etc are working away, and where the heat of the pile is. So that’s why its good to either divide your pile in 2, or have 2 piles. So that you decide when to stop adding to 1 pile, turn it, and just leave it to work.

hope that helps!

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Cool post! I was wondering how you can tell when the compost is ready to be used as fertilizer? Also, do the lower levels become ready to be used as fertilizer before the upper levels?

thanks

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