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		 when your material pieces are not small enough........... 
you have smaller surface area for the bacteria to digest it 
 
i've made great compost in 3 weeks to finished perfection 
you could hold up two hand fulls to your nose and barely smell it 
or it smelled sweet rather than foul.... 
 
this required turning it however every 3 days 
and yes i had 4 inch pvc  perforated drainage pipes 
providing fresh air to the interior of the pile.... 
		
		
		
		
		
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