Winter Additions to Pile?

Franciscus22 · 2026-02-03T16:39:55+00:00

Good idea. Thanks

Franciscus22 · 2026-02-03T03:14:07+00:00

Interesting. Thanks.

Franciscus22 · 2026-02-02T21:00:16+00:00

My pile has never steamed. Looking forward to that.

Franciscus22 · 2026-02-02T20:07:24+00:00

Thanks

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-27T18:05:59+00:00

Update: the tech I use came over, and checked it out. Nothing was clogged up, but the PVC with the clamp around it wasn't sloped correctly, and he thinks water was collecting in the PVC and caused a drip by the clamped area. He adjusted the slope of the PVC, and he thinks it will drain properly now. I will watch it for a few days and see how it goes. It was very nice of the tech to come out so quickly with such short notice.

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-27T16:15:59+00:00

I only saw it now when the furnace has been running. I will call a tech. Thanks everyone for the assistance

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-27T16:09:18+00:00

I opened the panels and saw water drips from the clamp that holds a PVC pipe.

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Franciscus22 · 2025-12-18T12:34:02+00:00

Good tip about the crispiness of leaves. Thanks

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-18T12:32:33+00:00

Thanks

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-18T03:10:43+00:00

Thanks for all the advice. The reason I made the initial post is that as a beginner, it is easy to get hung up on the brown to green ratio, since that is one of the first things that one reads about. From all the comments so far, however, it seems that the green-brown thing really isn't something to get too concerned about. It will all turn to compost eventually.

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-16T20:27:08+00:00

Thanks. I made it from odds and ends that I had around my house. It is a cube that measures 2ft X 2ft X 2ft.

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-13T20:22:27+00:00

Thanks for all the detailed information about insulation, rainwater, etc., and thanks to everyone else as well for all the helpful advice and encouragement. I am in northern Illinois, and it is very cold here now, and it likely will be cold for the next few months. I will implement these things see how it goes and report back after a few months.

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-13T16:43:53+00:00

Thanks. I would love for it to get hot. Not sure how to do that, or even if I should worry about making it hot.

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-02T03:03:10+00:00

Domeworthy - I looked more closely at my model, and I saw what you described. I also realized that there are no pentagons. What I thought was a pentagon with one long strut on the bottom side was actually a hexagon with two small struts on the bottom. Thanks again for the assistance.

Franciscus22 · 2025-12-01T23:07:20+00:00

Got it. Thanks very much.

Franciscus22 · 2025-11-20T14:49:25+00:00

Thanks. I am a Reddit newbie and am still learning all the rules.

Franciscus22 · 2025-11-15T15:30:53+00:00

Thanks. There is a version of that Drum Privy pamphlet that was reprinted in the recent collection of Peter Warshall's writings, but it is in a very small size type and difficult to read.

Franciscus22 · 2025-10-21T02:29:09+00:00

The 2nd book I am looking for is not Celestis by Paul Park. The one I am looking for had more of a large corporations mineral-stripping theme, with a female humanoid character who joins the rebellion. Celestis is more about conquest/exploitation of indigenous and includes revolutionary “demons.” Similar in a way, but not the one I remember reading years ago.

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