Rick Hughes wrote:
OK .. try to do the right things have a large purpose bought compost
container ... put all the right mix of stuff it it, lid kept on.
Occasional addition of Garotta,
Good mix of peelings, trimmings, coffee grounds, some grass cuttings,
leaves, splash of urine etc.

No cooked food scraps or meats.

Output is always disappointing ... seems to be lots of non rotted
material even after 3 or 4 years.
I do turn it fully annually.
For example the eggs shells & tea bags don't seem to rot, and when I
put any of the compost on the garden SWMBO complain it looks like fly
tipping has taken place.



Egg shells, being essentially limestone or chalk, never will.

if the tea bags aren't, it makes you wonder what's in them. Dont compost
them then.



Thought I had today was, could I shovel the output into my shredder to
really mix & break it all up before I use it in the ground ?
Not sure how the shredder would take it ... I'm guessing it should chop
& mix OK ....


Should be OK ish. They prefer dry stuff.




Then form this into a separate stage 2 composting pile ... and restart
another new pile.



You can hurry compost along to be usable in a year, but several is
preferable. At one time I used to pile everything in a certain corner of
the garden, leaves, weeds, grass cuttings, any organic crap. About 5
years later it was pure black topsoil. Magic.