A brick composter worked fine for me too in the UK but not here - too dry. Maybe worth painting the inside of yours with swimming pool paint to help stop it dry out.

I have to add water to my bins about once a week (if I remember). Adding cardboard or old copies of the Catalunya Chronicle :-? helps to stop the water all running out.

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Nigel