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Message: [QUOTE="Purrfluff, post: 129737, member: 5442"] I figured I would provide an update. I continued to dump in shredded leaves, grass clippings, dead garden plants, and veggie trimmings from the kitchen. I tossed in more garden soil and tried to distribute it and dig it in. I even tossed in a little cottonseed meal and some blood meal. I think I have increased the bulk of the compost heap. But still, nothing is happening. No heat is coming from the heap. I turn it at least once a week. Sometimes with a mini tiller/cultivator. Usually with a garden fork or a shovel. The heap has plenty of moisture because of our almost constant winter rains. No heat is coming from the heap. And I have found exactly one worm in it. I haven't seen any significant breakdown of the stuff I put in the heap. So what am I doing wrong? It's got plenty of stuff in it. I've accepted that I won't have finished compost by spring but I would like it to eventually heat up and get going. [/QUOTE]