Thanks everyone!
"Chunks" are not uncommon. Especially if you don't mix thoroughly every time you add stuff or turn the pile regularly, and by regularly I mean at least once a week.
LOL, how about...never! Hey at least I save the stuff. Ive never put in manure, just all the leaves from our
trees in Fall, and kitchen scraps. The top is no way near done. But the bottom is great!
Weezie: THANKS for those pictures!!! That is exactly how mine looks, before and after. I built one of those sifters and Im addicted to screening soil and compost! It's just so rewarding.
Too bad I didnt think it looked like rain last night, my wheelbarrow is full of compost soup! Hey, is that how you make compost tea?? If so, Im in luck!
Karen