If you have a lawn the best way is to skip the fancy products and instructions and just dump in a pile in the corner of your yard/garden. I also have a geobin[

If you have a lawn the best way is to skip the fancy products and instructions and just dump in a pile in the corner of your yard/garden. I also have a geobin[1] and I love it. It appears to last forever, looks neater and works faster than a pile, and unloading or turning is a breeze since you just "unwrap" the compost. Either route you go if you just dump organic matter in your pile you'll have rich compost at the bottom in a year of no effort (worse case 2 years if you put in a large quantity of tough, unshredded leaves like oak). If you know what you are doing and mix the right carbon/nitrogen ratio and water/turn it regularly you can have compost in months. [1]: http://geobin123.com/using-geobin http://geobin123.com/using-geobin