By the way should I be turning the compost everyday?
Well, that's a loaded question....
I personally don't... for my regular bins....
I do it every week, *I'm slow* but
with the tumblers, you can turn them everyday..
I personally don't...**I'm still slow**
With the tumblers though, the pieces have to be
cut up in smaller pieces to even get into the
door of the tumbler..so, with smaller pieces/more exposed edges.. it would render down alot faster.
in my bigger bins, I just stuff it in by layers...
So, if you took the time to chop everything up
smaller, then I would say you could....and it would cook a heck of alot faster....
I once saw a program, where a guy had a stump right next to his bins.. and would take a machetti knife and cut everything up like that,
and stuff it right..
If I didn't have kids, I might have gone that route.
That way would be great for choppin' the heads and roots off of things like goldenrod
plants...