Amelia Barrows

“Think of the compost bin as a living organism. It is, in fact, made up of colonies of bacteria. A live bin is hot at the center and produces a thick, loamy substance. If a bin is cold and dead, but has true compost at the center, it needs to be turned. Use a pitchfork or shovel to mix and shuffle the bin’s contents.”
― Amelia Barrows, The Five-Year Guide to Self-Sufficiency: Simple Living Made Simpler