10-08-2007, 02:12 PM
If lumber is left out in the yard and gets covered with weeds it can decompose within a year. We pile most of our green waste in a big pile and it just melts. I haven't a clue why it seems to go so quickly, maybe we get more rain or something? It might be that we start out with dirt underneath the pile so it stays moist to begin with. Perhaps if the compost piles had a thick layer of grasses or even of newspapers to hold the moisture it would decompose faster?
Kurt Wilson