Status on the new compost

The new compost after nearly a month.

It has been close to a month since I build my new compost, and even though a bit optimistic to open it up allready, I decided to take a look inside.

At the bottom it's completely dry.

It was hot inside, smelled like compost and was moist until I reached halfway down, where the center was completely dry. So at least here in the dry season, I need to water it some more.

The most decomposed material was removed and used as mulch in some new beds I have made for Thai eggplants. The rest was put back, covedered with fresh weeds and given a good watering and then coverered with a layer of bananaleaves and a thin layer of soil on top.