[header] How to hot compost [title] Collect the materials you need. [substeps] Recycle your kitchen and garden organic waste by first accumulating it in a cool, preferably shaded, part of the garden. Chop the waste into small pieces. 
This helps the microbes and worms break it down quickly. You can use a garden shredder, you can run over it with a lawn mower or you can use a sharp spade.