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Trench composting

Sunday, October 22, 2006
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Waste/Composting/TrenchComposting.asp

An alternative method of recycling garden & kitchen organics

If you have the space, trench composting is a cool method which involves less work but takes longer to mature, taking from six months to two years depending on the nature of materials used, climate, and aeration conditions.

Compost made in this manner will still heat up at first, but not the levels of hot composting. Although this means that it fails to kill most pathogens and weed seeds, this is not a problem if you do not compost diseased plant material or weeds that have gone to seed.
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