Composting? Does it need a forum, can't you say all that needs to be said in a sentence or two?
Make a pile of yard and kitchen wastes, come back in six months and there you have it.
Well, that is not my real opinion though I think it pretty well sums up what most people think about composting.
I have read several books (that's right entire books) about composting, and almost every general gardening book has at least a chapter on composting. I have been composting for years, and I still don't have it done to a science yet.
For the past few months I have been creating a new flower bed down in my bog area, and it has consumed enormous amounts of compost. Just today alone I set a new record for me, I hauled 16 wheelbarrow loads in one day down to the new flower bed. I have already hauled (can't even guess) many, many, wheelbarrow loads to that bed alone. I have spent the past few years hauling compost down to the bog area this bed is part of. Plus, I have several other beds I have created with tons of my own home made compost. So I do have lots of experience in the making of compost (my way). I use leaves and grass clippings for 99 percent of my compost with what few kitchen scraps my wife and I generate (not much). I use no manures at all, no additives or starters. So do I feel I have the perfect way to make compost, not by a long shot, but I do have a way that works for me, but I don't think there are many people out there willing to put in the time and effort, the muscle and sweat it takes to create the amount of compost I use every year using the methods I use. It is not just a method of making compost it is also my gym membership. I do believe 90 percent of my time and physical labor spent gardening is spent making compost. It is just something I am almost addicted to, I just can't pass by a pile of leaves or grass clippings.
