Just the other week, I had filled the bin up to the edge with new material...and I look out there today after forgetting about it and it's dropped nearly a foot! This is what I love about compost piles- I've been adding material to this thing on a weekly basis and it's just a bottomless pit of degradation. With the summertime coming on, I can only imagine this process will kick up a few more notches still.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbaq1h43f6A That's cool that Rick uses hair in the video... hair is a pretty long-term decomposition item, but in a massive pile like this, chances are good he can diminish it pretty quickly. Hey Rick, don't flip that pile! Let the process do what it does and it'll build up all the heat you can imagine. Turning it is just letting out all the heat.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhDsYQD_yRc Lucky Rick! He managed to rake up leaves that are already a relatively smaller size...no need to shred! He's also got a killer blend of several types of manures, so right there with those two ingredients, technically he doesn't need anything else. Both manure and leaves will naturally break down on their own, so just by combining them he's got himself one heck of a great soil coming.