i'm going to try for the first time. i know hubby won't be too happy about it (he likes having a "nice looking" yard and a big rotting pile isn't his idea of pretty! LOL BUT- i am determined. i have wood to make a frame and i still have lots of chicken wire. so that's going to be my project when it warms up a bit. the only thing i'm really concerned about it placement. the only place i can think of to put it is behind the shed. i can get to it easy- the only concern is that it only gets maybe a few hours of sun a day. is that ok? as long as i turn it and add matter correctly should it be ok?

yay! i feel better now, knowing that! thanks! i'll have to post pics when i get going.....

hmm..... i was thinking more of a boxed in type. like just wood for the frame and chicken wire as the "walls" and then no bottom or top. i could turn from the top and when it's all ready i could actually just pick up the whole thing and shovel it out. think that will work or should i really leave 1 side open like you did?

"you're over-thinking this"

i tend to do that to everything! sort of a downfall of mine- but i am trying to work on it. thanks for all the feedback though. i am sort of excited to start this project!