Yeah.. the method first proposed by Ruth Stout about 70 years ago. (BTW, sister of
Rex Stout). If you water the pile routinely, the breakdown time decreases
substantially. Ingrid

"Richard L. Craven Jr." wrote:
It is a raised bed method where you take a layer of large material ie.
sticks, twigs and such then cover with smaller material ie. chipped brush,
wood chips, then smaller stuff like composted wood chips, grass clippings
and then top off with a layer of soil.


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