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are your fallen leaves, small amounts of fertilizer and limestone, some chicken wire, and the following instructions."
To prepare the compost pile, make an enclosure of chicken wire—usually round in shape. Place the leaves inside the wire. When your first layer is one foot thick, sprinkle three cups of fertilizer (5-10-5 or 8-8-8 will do) per bushel of leaves to help speed decay.
In Virginia, with generally acid soil, it’s a. good idea to add'1 'ode ' ciif>" ‘' of agriculturallimestone to each bushel of organic mixture. If your compost pile is to be used for azaleas or rhododendrons, the lime
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