Danny D wrote:
On Wed, 08 May 2013 00:12:43 -0700, harry wrote:

You can start here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost

Reading that, I seem to be missing the mixing in a barrel.
Also I seem to not be aiming for that 30:1 carbon:nitrogen mix.
None of the composting ideas in that article appeared to be
simply placed in the ground. I wonder why?

Probably because they wnat it to get hot enough to kill harmful diseases, bugs,
and weed seeds. That requires some volume and certainly not the heat sinking
effect of the ground.