I'm lazy, have very little time to spend in the garden these days, and humongous quantities of oak leaves every fall. So....I now follow the dictum "If you pile it, it will rot (eventually)."


When I did use a bin I found I often did not have time to do the turning required and had trouble having enough "greens" to add to keep it hot. (Can't add green bermuda grass clippings to compost because it roots so easily.)