"Inge Jones" wrote in message
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If you plan on making your own compost pile you can use
the bucket as a
starter. If not then yes you can spread the compost
like you would mulch.
The nutrients will leach into the ground and be taken up
by the plants. If
you bag your grass cuttings you can use that as well
which will retain
moisture. In the fall the layer of mulch can be turned
into the soil. I
think of it as a continuous composting operation. Once
every two weeks I
spread a little 10-10-10 on the surface of the
"composting mulch" to assist
the process.

How do people stop the level of their soil rising too much
if they keep
adding these mulches? Is there somewhere you can dispose
of the old
stuff?

Don't worry, the level will not rise noticeably in your
lifetime.
Generally speaking, the insoluble remnants are microscopic
and simply fills interstices between the mineral particles
in the soil.

Franz