Hot Compost

First attempt at creating a hot (Thermophilic) compost. Bottom layer is a foot of large sticks and cornstalks, then alternating layers of straw, wet vegetable matter, and soil. The bacteria in the soil helps to innoculate the pile with the bacteria necessary to break it down into compost. It should get to about 160 degrees maximum, and after 7 to 9 days will cool down. This pile got to 122 Farenheit within one day, then cooled down. It might not have had enought wet vegetable matter.