The pile went cold last week. I tried turning, adding water and saying some magic words..nothing worked.
This last Monday I graduated from my husband calls "Compost College" - he said he would build me a three bin composting system as a graduation present. With this in mind, I let the pile sit until I could revive it. During this past week I mowed my back lawn and collected a 32 gallon can of lawn clippings.
The new bin was constructed today:
The Prothero Pile is currently in the far right bin. I mixed in most of the grass clippings and added water as I re-built the pile. My theory is the pile ran out of gas (greens).
My first pile came out amazing. I have a batch of compost tea brewing in the garage now.
Oh yeah, I'm a Master Composter!

So proud of you, Jane! Way to go! Keep on keeping on!
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