April 9, 2012 @ 3:24 PM   My compost pile beckons!! There are so
many instances of magic in the garden....and the compost pile is
surely one! All that natural trash turning itself into black
gold!!! If I help it along, it will work its wonders more
quickly, but left to its own devices, will still eventually
transform. But, since I am outside every day, I do choose to
help it along---a labor of love. So, after the sticks, grass
clippings, leaves, kitchen scraps and manure have been added,
stirred and dampened...what more can you do?     Biodynamic
gardeners have an herbal preparations they add to compost piles
to use as "accelerants". They work--I have tried it. But simply
adding some specific herbs to the pile will work as well.
Instructions usually call for equal parts of the following
plants--but I am a lazy gardener and usually end up doing what I
can--when I can and use what I have. It still works!!!
Dandelion, Chamomile, Yarrow, Valerian, Comfrey, Nettles can be
used in whatever proportion you have avail