Thanks for that link – the hot bin looks impressive but with the extra cost of postage out here to Switzerland it’s too expensive for me. I took a peek into my (uninsulated) compost bin yesterday and it’s gone cold. I had been planning to insulate it but not come up with a source of insulating material – the panels you mention sound like an interesting option but would have to be weather resistant…
I’ve produced a lot more compost this year by the hotcomposting method but over the winter our kitchen waste will go to our local composting group of which I’m the only member that seems to have a garden (!). Kitchen waste is donated by local householders, then chopped up and mixed with partly composted garden waste from the council. Once spring comes it will be once again turning itself into lovely weed free compost – until then I’ll give composting on my plot a rest and hibernate!
CP