The temperature has been between 131 and 134 since Tuesday afternoon.
Opened the barrel at 3:30 PM today. The smell has faded, or maybe I'm just used to it. I changed out the straw which was very damp again, and worked with the sukumo to break up the lumps. Because of the lumps and the wetness of the straw, I decided against adding water again. Maybe on Sunday? It was definitely dryer today, and lovely bits of mold forming.
I was visited by a yellow jacket, a bumble bee, and a black soldier fly - all very interested in what I was doing!
Back in the barrel and closed it up by 4:45 pm. The temperature was 87.4 initially, and up to 101 by 9 pm. Air temperature in the shop has been in the low 80's all day - the highest it got was 83 in there. It was in the 90's outside. Tonight it is expected to drop down to the low 50's. The shop should hold the heat okay.
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