If you’re trying to get your compost pile cooking, but it seems slow to heat up, it may need one of 4 key ingredients. Here is a quick tip to give your compost what it needs and get it going faster.

Compost needs a few key ingredients in order to get hot and decompose quickly. If it seems slow or not very hot, it may need more water, more air, more nitrogen, or it may be too wet. This easy tip will help you make sure all of these needs are being met, and get your compost pile heating up quickly – with no digging required!

As this quick video shows, this easy tip can get your compost pile cooking in just a few hours -without going to all the work of turning it!