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Are there any sure-fire ways to get a composter cooking when it's sitting outside in the winter?
It's filled to the gills with a good mix of browns and greens. There are plenty of microbes in the bin thanks to some manure (rabbit, chicken, cow), worm castings, and remnants of the previous compost batch. The final layer was about 6" of shredded office paper, in which I buried about 5 lbs of soaked alfalfa pellets. Before putting in the shredded paper I aerated the pile with a Yard Butler and discovered several fat and happy worms munching away just an inch below the surface. Typical daytime temps are between 30 and 40, with night time temps in the teens and 20s. The pile's current internal temperature is 45, as is tonight's air (it won't last, believe me).
Worms are nice, but I'm impatient. Any suggestions on how to get things cooking?
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