Composting is truly a fascinating topic, filled with many different methods and philosophies. In all honesty, we’d love to try them all, but reality dictates that we focus our energy.

Disclaimer - This audio blog was written entirely wihtout AI assistance by Miwa Todd (Mackintosh) and narrated using a paid AI voice actor.

In this episode, we share the specific system we have perfected on our farm in Tamba, Japan. In the past, we called it hot composting, which, although partly accurate, is a misnomer, even though the bin itself is an insulated ‘hot bin.’

Realizing that true ‘hot bin composting’, which requires high, sustained heat, suffers from a distinct lack of early fungi inoculation and excessive gassing off of nitrogen, we transitioned to our current Hybrid System.

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