Composts piles need airflow. The bacteria that you want to break down the
stuff needs lots of oxygen. The bacteria that you don't want, that create
bad smelling compost piles don't like a lot of oxygen.

Just pile your yard waste into it, the weight of the material itself will
compact it to the proper ammount.

Sameer

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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I've finished a multi-bin composting set-up, and was wondering if I should
just pile the material in there loose, or if a bit of very mild compaction
would speed up the decomposition process.

KB