To speed up the decomposition, you have to add some water and turn the material once a day to introduce oxygen.
Certainly no need to turn once a day, if ever. It needs water, yes, but not too much water or it will go anaerobic, very difficult to recover - that's probably the most common reason for failure. Water content should be about 60-65%, overall carbon/nitrogen ratio should be 25-30:1, and it needs plenty of air. Surface area is important - the greater the surface area of the materials, ie the smaller the bits are, the easier it is for the microorganisms to attack them, BUT the smaller the bits are the less the aeration through the heap.
All you need to know here and at the related pages: http://journeytoforever.org/compost.html Composting Best wishes Keith _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
