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purpleinopp said: After decades of composting, I no longer have an interest in moving organic matter (OM) more than once.

The couple of big piles I've gone to the trouble to make here just turn into ant farms and the ants just eat everything.

Not worth doing at all.

As OM becomes available, it gets put in the garden somewhere and that is the end of it.

Good point...

I gave up on the idea of turning compost after the very first batch...
After reading as much literature as I could stand... Including a huge book on compost from Rodale Press, personal experience suggested that the only legitimate reason for putting in all that work... Saved on gym fees...

At my house, compost is unstoppable...
Doesn't matter what I do...
So... yeah... Best thing is give it to the yard birds... second option?
A decent burial.
Cold composting works too... Just toss it in a pile in the middle of the garden and let it break down on it's own... next year, level pile out, start new pile.
Plant something where the old pile was...