The message 1fzw3uu.f917ekqubocgN%00senetnospamtodayta@macunl imited.net
from (Jim W) contains these words:

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.

I put the card underneath evrything else, and hold it down with the
other material; prevents the cardboard blowing away/looking too
unsightly. It's a really good, fast way of reclaiming weedy/grassed land
for planting, and it attracts enormous numbers of worms as if by magic.

Atm I'm using card (packing boxes) under a 6" layer of fresh grass
clippings; the grass gets hot for a day or two. Within a week the grass
layer shrinks down, cools down and turns brown (so the whole thing looks
quite neat) and I can start planting.

Janet.