We have a small scale flower farm in Surrey, UK and have just started to take making our own compost seriously.
I’ve started a pile by layering wood chip for browns and grass trimmings for greens. Our half acre sits on around 4 that is mowed regularly by the landlord so have access to a lot of trimmings in the future but using spent flowers/trimmings mainly for the greens and brown paper for the browns (can add more wood chip if the balance seems off.
I have a side pipe of the fresher stems/paper which I’m adding into the main pipe when turning.
Few questions and any general advice would be really great, thanks in advance
I’ve added the downpipes for some airflow but not sure if these are necessary?
How often should I be turning? The temperature sits around 40 degrees Celsius and the highest I’ve been able to get it is 55. Any advice on getting and maintaining a higher temp?
How much and often should I be adding any liquids? We have around 10l of the yellow stuff every week or so from our composting toilet.
Thanks again!
by Rbeswick