Stephen Howard wrote:

Strikes me that knocking up a number of 'darkrooms', roughing up the
soil beneath them, packing them with vegetable waste.. and then
perhaps moving them on a daily basis adds up to a hell of a lot more
work than tossing a load of kitchen scraps into a bin with a few
handfuls of soil and leaving it to its own devices.

Why not just trench compost?
I do this through the winter months ( though there's no reason why you
can't do it throughout the year ) ...all the kitchen scraps go into a
trench of about a spit and half's depth and are covered with soil as I
go. Come spring these trenches are ideal for sowing peas on, and later
in the season the beans and courgettes take over.
By the next year the raw matter will have been well and truly
incorporated and the same area can be used for standard crops ( spuds
etc. ).


Regards,


True works well.. as a variation of this sheet composting also works..
Though you will need to bring in thicknesses of newspaper or cardboard
boxes to cover the raw material. Basically you layer your waste with a
little calcified seawead then cover the whole lot with a layer of card.
and leave till spring. You then plant through the mulch into the soil
beneath.

Disadvantages. Only really works well on larger areas and when you have
enough waste so might not be so practical ona small scale.
//
Jim