So far I've had two failed IMO3 attempts where the temperature got out of control. I winterized 3 large vegetable beds 2 weeks ago by broad forking them (they had never been tilled or worked up), spraying a humic acid+LAB solution, sprinkling the rejected IMO3 , and then covering them with leaves. I checked under the leaves the other day and was amazing by the mycelium activity. It seems that less than perfect IMO3 still does a lot of good! Happy experimenting everyone. (My oats sprouted in my IMO pile. Another learning opportunity)

Been meaning to upload this for a while now--wanted to highlight a really simple way to make hot compost. You can watch the video on 2x speed but essentially I'm just raking out my chicken bedding and layering on carbons (leaves) and nitrogens (bokashi, yarrow clippings, JADAM Liquid fertilizer). I also "inoculate" the pile with a bit of finished compost from a previous batch.

eBook (final version) Off-season education Accountability opportunities and what's up ahead!

Wanted to show you guys something--it's about to be released across platforms but still tinkering and getting the finishing touches done. You guys will have access to the finished version (of course) but for now I wanted to get it out to ya in case you're wanting additional help. (This version is missing a few pages -- if it looks a tiny bit incomplete it's probably because this version is).

As my IMO3 (hopefully) gets going, I wanted to get an idea of what to do if we're having trouble getting temps up before accepting a bad IMO2 is to blame. Especially with temperatures dropping for most of us. When should we give it a stir? When to add more carb or carbon? Etc