Luckily this wasn't far from home, so I got to work stashing bags in my yard to last me through the winter. I'm about to build a new pile altogether and I'm going to need a nice 12-18" base of leaves (the leachate sponge) to get started... this will do it!
The leaves are falling- I hope you're like me and are frantically collecting them for composting. When I got my leaf shredder, I remember reading something saying 7 bags of unshredded leaves will fit in one single bag... I don't know about that. Regardless, I got three relatively large bags into this one big bag. It saves me space, and more importantly I can get my compost pile cooking. I've been neglecting shredding for several months, as I wanted to compost as if I don't own a shredder like most people. My pile has shown this change, as it has only been cooking in the 90F - 110F range instead of the usual 130F+. Another cool benefit to shredding is that when you add a layer to the compost pile,…