Northeast Gardening: Back to compost please, 1 by brooklynbird

brooklynbird wrote:
Presumably, citrus takes a long time to decompose. Experts (not me!) say you can chop up citrus if you add it to your pile.

My pile is gone. I've gone through two composters, one wooden, one plastic, both of which fell apart. My composting is now restricted to the blossoms and leaves of my huge magnolia, along with coffee grounds. I have them in a bamboo composter in the corner of the yard. I have sooo much tree (shown here with my niece in it), and so little garden, but it seems a shame to put the leaves out as trash.