Serious composting is a simple process but you need to have bulk.
Many people confuse compost heaps with worm farming. They are two different beasts.
For a proper compost heap you need to gather together a heap of organic green material and some animal poop etc to provide the microorganisms. The purpose of composting is to actually make manure without it passing through the colons of beasts.
Really you need to get the heap at least a metre high, then layer the weeds, clippings, leaves etc with cow manure from the paddock or from a bag from Bunnings, or even a bag of dog chow. Then moisten and turn weekly. You then get an exothermic fermentation, not unlike brewing, and the heat will kill weeds and seeds - mostly.
Big compost heaps like you used to get behind racing stables before the modern era when they just cart the soiled straw and **** away, will actually steam with the generated heat and in the old days haystacks would sometimes get wet and compost and get so hot they would burst into flames.
With my grass fed heaps I just check what's happening by spearing a thin bamboo stake into the middle and periodially [**** alert] pulling it out, feel it, and stick it back in - it gets quite hot.
Many people confuse compost heaps with worm farming. They are two different beasts.
For a proper compost heap you need to gather together a heap of organic green material and some animal poop etc to provide the microorganisms. The purpose of composting is to actually make manure without it passing through the colons of beasts.
Really you need to get the heap at least a metre high, then layer the weeds, clippings, leaves etc with cow manure from the paddock or from a bag from Bunnings, or even a bag of dog chow. Then moisten and turn weekly. You then get an exothermic fermentation, not unlike brewing, and the heat will kill weeds and seeds - mostly.
Big compost heaps like you used to get behind racing stables before the modern era when they just cart the soiled straw and **** away, will actually steam with the generated heat and in the old days haystacks would sometimes get wet and compost and get so hot they would burst into flames.
With my grass fed heaps I just check what's happening by spearing a thin bamboo stake into the middle and periodially [**** alert] pulling it out, feel it, and stick it back in - it gets quite hot.