On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:05:07 -0500, Dan Espen wrote:

chocolate, bones, bacon aren't good.
No meat products and I'm not sure about chocolate

I wonder why.

Seems to me everything biodegrades to the basic chemicals of life.

So why wouldn't chocolate be just as good (or better) as leaves. Both
degrade to carbohydrates, for example.


A good portion of the pile breaks down from fall to
mid-summer.

So a year would seem perfect if a 'good portion' breaks down in 3/4 of a
year. Right?