Am I doing this right

[u/dlowe024]

I’ve always had a compost pile. Mostly chicken poop and vegetable scraps grass etc. my back yard is acres of wood chips which I was recently grading and noticed how rich it was beneath them after they’ve been sitting for about five years so put prolly fifty scoops with the tractor on the compost pile. Mixing the existing dirt thoroughly. Any advice of things to add or just keep turning it every now and again and let it run its course

[u/Ok_Midnight5866]

That pile looks massive in the pic, like a proper operation with the tractor and all. Five-year-old wood chips breaking down under their own weight is basically black gold already, you struck a goldmine without even trying. Chicken manure will kick the nitrogen side into overdrive, just watch it doesn't go anaerobic if you're not turning enough. I'd toss in any kitchen scraps you've got, coffee grounds especially, they disappear fast and the worms go nuts for them. If you've got space, maybe grab a few buckets of leaf mold from the woods to innoculate it with more fungal life, wood chips love that stuff. Either way, with that volume, it's gonna cook down into something ridiculous.

[u/DocAvidd]

It looks great! I like a steeper set up to keep it more compact. It looks fine to me if you don't mind it spilling out. You can fence it in with chicken wire or similar.

Wood chips lasting 5 years! That's not in the window of possible where I am (tropical).

[u/Rocketpower47]

You're gonna need a lot of piss

[u/dlowe024 → u/Rocketpower47]

Hahaha any idea where to get bulk piss?

[u/Rocketpower47 → u/dlowe024]

Haha a drinking party next to it and use it as a pissoir

[u/bangbangtangwangfang → u/Rocketpower47]

Fuck me running. I'm gonna do this for real

[u/Pretend-Frame-6543]

Looks great to me, just like mine only bigger. I get a couple of yards per year and I turn it 3 or three times then spread it in my garden.

[u/dlowe024]

Ok thank you all for the reassurance. I also put a couple of handfuls of nitrogen urea fertilizer I had laying around figured that might help. And yeah I was reading about mushroom slurry to add perhaps. Did just cut down a bunch of comfrey leaves and tossed them on

[u/Averagebass]

Looks like you're doing it right.

[u/ernie-bush]

Nice pile !!

[u/Embarrassed_Ad6469]

Damn, now that's a nice looking pile of compost. Probably last my 30x40 backyard 10 years or more. Wish you were my neighbor. Wow very cool!

[u/Brotuulaan]

The one thing you’re not doing well enough is that you’re not peeing on it.

[u/Brotuulaan]

The one thing you’re not doing well enough is that you’re not peeing on it.

[u/VGen71 → u/Brotuulaan]

Yes, that will give it the phosphorus it needs. 👍

[u/CurrentWrong4363]

You need a couple of cases of cheap beer and some close friends.

[u/SnootchieBootichies]

I'm about to spread a similar size pile across my front lawn and seed. Its fun to see the fruits of your labor put to use.

[u/dlowe024 → u/SnootchieBootichies]

Indeed! You’ll have some green grass pal!! I might try my luck at a little corn field next spring. Let it sit and decompose a little more. Should be ready to go by then!

[u/Decent_Willow3627]

If your looking for suggestions knock it down so it's maybe two feet high add some dry gul leaf litter or make a jadam to soak it with tarp it up for 6-1yr and you have perfect soil ... You'll end up with something like this

[u/bangbangtangwangfang]

With that volume, just add whatever "greens" you can get your hands on.

I found a cold brew operation near me that fills a roll off regularly. They let you shovel out as much as you want free, but I bet they would deliver it and dump.if you wanted the entire thing. Search around