I was talking with friends the other day about compost. I like compost a lot, when its finished. Its such lovely stuff for growing things in. But those who rhapsodize about compost can become overly complicated and scientific about it. So although its wonderful if you have time, energy, and understanding to pamper those little bacteria with the perfect balance of "brown stuff", "green stuff", air, water (etc); its not absolutely necessary. You can just pile up leaves and grass clippings and weeds and leave it alone for a long time, and it will compost. Anyhow, I was talking to friends the other day, like I said before, and the next day I found a little pocket sized book called...Organic Gardening for Dummies. It 'splained how to make a compost container, and how to stack the ingredients up, and everything. In easy English. I gave it to my friend. Why didn't I buy me one too?
Last year my little pickup died and I bought a car, no choice really. And I did want a pickup, but got a car anyway. I haven't brought home any bovine manure in the last year either-- its hard to think about bringing manure home in that little car, even though, the garden would like it a lot.