The cold will slow down the action of your pile and once the weather warms up it will revive. You may need to help it get started in the spring. I use composted manure, about two 40 lb bags, to help it along in the spring.
When you add grass clippings you need to watch it closely becuase the grass will get very hot. I usually mow my lawn and leave about half of the grass clippings on the lawn to dry out for about two days and then pick up the brown grass.
Thanks for the tip. I mow about 6 acres, so I don’t expect to gather all those clippings. But, a few couldn’t hurt.
Are you saying that the hot clippings would catch fire spontaneously?
How do you keep the weeds out of your compost pile? THe last time I tried to start one I had a cage and my husband pllaced it out behind some shrubbery in the back pasture. Within 3 weeks the cage was totally encased in bind weed. Impossible to turn, or to tend, or to even dismantle. It’s still there, LOL.
You can see the reason for his skepticism.