In article , Bob Hobden
writes

"Chris" wrote
Covering a compost heap - is it a good idea?
Or is it better to leave the top open?

Our present large heap is not covered and takes an age to rot down but on
our previous allotment we had a "hot box" type heap, insulated on all sides
and top with thick polystyrene, which used to produce two lots of compost
per year and often the centre was ash showing how hot it had got. No weed
seeds survived that!



Did you fill it all at once Bob or keep adding to it? I find those that
I make quite quickly do better than those that you keep topping up at
intervals.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk