On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:42:48 -0800, Don W wrote:

I have had a bag of compost sitting outside here in our wet northwest
winters. I really sort on new to this whole gardening thing...So i am
askingis.....Is this compost that has been sitting outside for 6 months
or so in the rain as good still as a bag of compost that has'nt been
rinsed out by six months of rain. It is in a plastic bag , but im sure
it probably still got pretty wet.

It's just _fine_. Use it.
If it has got wet, you will have "manure tea" in the bottom of the
bag, lovely for things like roses.

Shirley Hicks
Toronto, Ontario