hotbeds...

[leah]

can I make one with a compost bin? I can get the fresh horse muck, but haven't got enough timber to make one.

[chriscross1966]

It needs to be pretty big.... I tried it with 60cmx60cm setup to try for a few new spuds for christmas and it just didn't get hot enough with 30cm or well compacted fresh field manure in the bottom./...

chrisc

[BUFFS]

can you get hold of one of those 1 yard sand bags(the ones they lift off the back of the big DIY deliveries).if you can put some insulation around it the amount of manure it would hold would warm up nicely.i wish i could get hold of those kind of quantities of manure...good luck to you....