Thanks for watching! The air exchange is for heat only, it’s a solid drain tile. Non perforated tubing through the entire pile and back in allows us to push air through without exchanging any gasses as it blows warmer air back into the greenhouse
Any thoughts on the impact of shade on a compost pile? I want to set up a compost pile heat system for a small greenhouse (8' x 8') I'm planning to build. I have access to free wood chips and can build a pretty big pile... but the only place I have for this pile is in the shade. (I'm in the suburbs on a quarter-acre lot.) Can I still get decent heat from a pile 10' in diameter and 6' high if it's in constant shade?
The shade does affect your pile however if you insulate it you can get away with having it in full shade, great question. I always offset my pile a bit from the greenhouse to allow for the winter sun to hit it a bit, and with a clear poly it has the ability to multiply minimal heat.
@@Earthmadegarden nope lol we did not, I have a ton of material from the yard/garden plus cardboard to chop through. I’ve been meaning to make a video on it, thanks for the reminder 😂
@ lol no problem, I was just curious. I got mine for the MiscanthusXGiganteus stalks which are similar to bamboo and it does work well, but I have to do it 1by1 and our whole property is lined with it. It would take me days to do it all so I need a better chipper and was thinking about selling mine, but if it works for cardboard I might keep it!
That’s how we started, our small greenhouse didn’t have any geothermal only compost heat. Even our large greenhouse didn’t have geothermal for the first year while I dug the trench for it. We ran small compost piles inside using systems to move the heat around off the pile. I find the geothermal to be just as important as the compost heating especially on the cold cloudy days.
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THIS IS THE BEST THING IVE EVER SEEN, you've taken so much guess work out of my first design. thank you friend.
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With the air exchange, don’t you get methane in the greenhouse?
Thanks for watching! The air exchange is for heat only, it’s a solid drain tile. Non perforated tubing through the entire pile and back in allows us to push air through without exchanging any gasses as it blows warmer air back into the greenhouse
Any thoughts on the impact of shade on a compost pile? I want to set up a compost pile heat system for a small greenhouse (8' x 8') I'm planning to build. I have access to free wood chips and can build a pretty big pile... but the only place I have for this pile is in the shade. (I'm in the suburbs on a quarter-acre lot.) Can I still get decent heat from a pile 10' in diameter and 6' high if it's in constant shade?
The shade does affect your pile however if you insulate it you can get away with having it in full shade, great question. I always offset my pile a bit from the greenhouse to allow for the winter sun to hit it a bit, and with a clear poly it has the ability to multiply minimal heat.
Hey did you use the chipper for cardboard yet? I have one of these chippers too!
@@Earthmadegarden nope lol we did not, I have a ton of material from the yard/garden plus cardboard to chop through. I’ve been meaning to make a video on it, thanks for the reminder 😂
@ lol no problem, I was just curious. I got mine for the MiscanthusXGiganteus stalks which are similar to bamboo and it does work well, but I have to do it 1by1 and our whole property is lined with it. It would take me days to do it all so I need a better chipper and was thinking about selling mine, but if it works for cardboard I might keep it!
@Earthmadegarden good to know, I was going to start small, med, large to max it to capacity just to see what it’ll do lol
Would you consider shutting down the geothermal and just run the compost heating?
That’s how we started, our small greenhouse didn’t have any geothermal only compost heat. Even our large greenhouse didn’t have geothermal for the first year while I dug the trench for it. We ran small compost piles inside using systems to move the heat around off the pile. I find the geothermal to be just as important as the compost heating especially on the cold cloudy days.