Composting

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My dad had always maintained a compost box even in Timmins Ontario where the growing seas was very short indeed! I started a compost box when I moved to Port Burwell. I then modified it to accommodate human waste. When I was expelling oil I discovered that the sunflower meal really heated up with the addition of water and it then became a necessary addition to the compost box. Once I had been adding the sunflower meal to the compost box ideas started to form- Why not use the heat from the compost box to heat the house or heat a biogas generator.... can I use it to heat my sunflower oil in the biodiesel process. The idea that compost has an element of heating is mind boggling... now how can I go about this?

2012

Febuary 2, 2012 The compost box getting more full.

	January 10, 2012 tthe new composter box.
	The compost goes in at the top part and mat has a board that the compost slides down through a gap to the bottom. He built it this one instead of the other so that it would be easier to stir; simply shovel the compost on the bottom back on to the pile above.
	Board under the box.
	The temperature in the compost box reads between 140-150 degrees F.

2011

January 25 2011 Mats composter got so warm, the snow on the top is melting off !!!

2010

	september 29 2010 Sean just peiced together this barrel omposter (ofcourse th parts were pre-made.. t just needed to be put together and a few holes drilled into it.
	Some things used for piecing together this barrel composter .

	June 22, 2010 Graham and Mat made a Barrel composter. In this photo here , the barrel is up side down and it is actually vertical.
	Here is a new base for the barrel composter.

Here is Graham building what is called a sleeve for the pipe , which the barrel spins on , which is located at the two ends of the pipe.

2009

	August 1, 2009 I am getting 140 degrees F..... that's hot!!!
	April 29, 2009, Yes it is about 130 degrees F in the compost box. I am constantly experimenting with my compost.
	April 29, 2009 The compost box which I think I will change to have an open front.
	April 29, 2009 The pile in the foreground is a pile of leaves and plants that will take some time to compost but further back in the picture there is more finished compost.
	April 29 2009 Some of the more finished piles of compost

2008

	And at 20 below Celsius the temperature in the open box is 120 F!! This is obviously a source of heat that I must use!
	The compost box at minus 20 Celsius
	January 1 2009 Yes that is reading about 130 degrees F (57 degrees Celsius) and the weather outside is 8 degrees F (minus 13 degrees Celsius)
	The temperature gauge in the compost box. The black stuff is the cleanings from the sunflower oil filter /centrifuge/washing machine in spin cycle.
	Yes this is the compost box in the snow at minus 13 Celsius!