In all honesty, I haven't done a lot with my compost bin this year. Most of the fruit and veggies go to the worm bin and I've been experimenting with the chop and drop method this year. In the "wild" part of the garden, I left last fall's leaves in place as an experiment in weed control. If I pull weeds, I put them into a pile off to the side so that I'm not introducing even more weed seeds that won't be killed off by lack of heat in the pile. I also bagged shredded leaves for mulch last fall so there weren't a lot that went into the bin. Will focus this fall on getting more leaves into the bins for compost (well, really leaf mold) for next year.
