I compost 3 ways. I use a barrel composter (worked awesome! But just listed it because it doesn't make enough for the property, mainly great for one or two smaller gardens or a normal sized yard.) But every 12 week's or so a full barrel of gross scraps turns into rich soil.
I also have a pile of long term compost (chicken poo, cardboard, excess grass cuttings, and excess of hay.) Chicken poo is a "hot" fert and should be composted before use (i do use it right outta the chicken in my banana trees tho (heavy heavy feeders when fruiting)
And then I have these lovely stackable pallets we stack up 3-4 high. Fill with all kitchen scraps that chickens don't get, garden waste, egg shells, everything except meat (predators) then once a month I unstack each one and re stack it directly in front or behind the original place sliding compost with it effectively "turning" it. These boxes work pretty fast when full and turned regularly.
I personally don't compost rabbitry waste unless I need a lil bit to top it off. I sell rabbitry waste and use a ton of it ourselves in the gardens. Full circle. Rabbit poo does not have to compost, its a cold fert. Sprinkle directly through gardens and potted plants, lawns, fruit trees love it. I wrap spent hay around veggie garden plants to fertilizer when I water and the spent hay works also as a mulch keeping soil near roots cool and moist a lot longer in our brutal heat.
I have an old plastic kiddie pool and was wondering if I could use it to compost? I like the info about the hay. We have a small garden and I have some hay that say out and got kind of funky. Could I use it to put around my plants as mulch?
