⬇️ How to Make a Hot Tower Bed: Harnessing Compost Heat for Early Crops A Hot Tower Bed captures the natural heat of composting manure to warm soil, protect young plants, & give you harvests weeks earlier than the rest of the garden. Step-by-step method • Cut hazel branches, other strong stakes (like star pickets), & form a ring directly on the soil. Or make a ring out of mesh wire fencing. Secure with wire, elastic hooks or twine • Line the inside with cardboard to hold materials & suppress wee