Right, Seedfork. Good pointl. And another method is to build beds over cut down trash trees and logs -- hugelkultur. There are many ways to build soil -- if you can get your hands on a wood chipper, that is one great way to sheet mulch. There is no one way: use what you've got or can get for the situation you have. But the point is, the compost pile is not the only way. Ooops. Left out worm bins.
