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Why should we start composting or make it this year’s resolution? Apart from reducing the waste we send to landfill and methane gases produced as a result; we can improve the quality of our garden’s soil, prevent soil erosion, conserve water, reduce the use of fertilizer and pesticides, and have fun in the process.

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Composting with HOTBIN in Cold Weather. It is possible. However, understanding how composting works can be considered a continuous learning experience, as the composting heap inside a composting device not only depends on the device and the material it’s made of, but on other variants such as the outside temperature, and the type of mixed-waste added among some. This is why knowing how your composting device works, helps tremendously in determining how to compost successfully in cold weather.

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You can compost at home many of your leftovers from Thanksgiving week-end feast with friends and family, divert them from reaching landfills, and turn them into rich compost. For sure, it is better to compost these leftovers, than trashing and sending them to landfills to rot and increase greenhouse gases and pollution.

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One of HOTBIN’s biggest fans in the USA just sent me some pictures of pumpkins in front of his yard and photos of the same pumpkins one week after he added them into his HOTBIN composter. The initial volume of the pumpkins and some leaves he added to the mix, were drastically reduced and… the decomposition is already in process!

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Home Composting should be an all-year affair including those of us living on wintry parts of the US and Canada. This of course, can only be possible if you are composting with a hot composter like HOTBIN.

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