"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:25:42 +0000, Chris ] wrote:

Compost heap is a metre square and 1.2 metres high.
Too wet.
Should I repeatedly turn it?
Or what?

By what standard are you judging that it's too wet?
As others have said, either cover it with a bit of polythene or old
carpet to keep the rain off, or even just leave it alone. It will do
its own thing eventually. I leave my first-stage compost heap open to
the elements over the winter, not covering it until after I've
turned/moved it in about 12 months time. Then it ripens for another
12, but covered.

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Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales
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I do the same as Chris, keep the pile I am adding to open all the time and
when that bin is full, turn it into a now empty bin and cover it. I have a
sheet of 'shutter ply' which I have painted with a roofing paint to help
preserve it. It slopes slightly to the back to let the water run off.
However, I do fork into that heap 'periodically' just to aerate it and see
what is happening. f it dries too much I water this heap and cover it again.

(The sheet of ply makes a superb 'temporary' outside work bench)

Mike

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