Trench compost

Step 7 NOTE: When you live in a cold climate

We trench compost in a climate where the ground freezes.
To do this, you'll need to do three things:
-make a trench before the ground freezes in the fall/winter
-put down an old blanket to keep snow out of the trench or shovel the snow out of the trench
-and if you want to cover the compost before spring, insulate the reserved dirt so that it doesn't freeze. I use 6-10 inches of fluffed straw. Fluffy leaves that don't compress or lots of grass clippings work. You won't need to cover up the biodegradable material until spring, but it is up to you.

Comments

[Just Bill]

A variation on this theme is to use holes instead of a trench. The holes can be dug between plants all season and extras dug in late fall and covered with a handful of straw. Use a trowel, augur or post-hole digger, depending on your circumstances.

[miriana1981]

 Thank you for bringing simplicity back!!! I also remember my grandma using this method, she was also raising goats, sheep and rabbits and was adding the manure to a separate pile that was left to mature in sections...

[speltbaker]

this is a wonderful instructable! thank you. my grandmother never composted - she buried all the kitchen scraps in her garden. she had quite a large plot of beautiful vegetables and flowers, so i know this method works!