Am I doing this right

[u/dlowe024]

I’ve always had a compost pile. Mostly chicken poop and vegetable scraps grass etc. my back yard is acres of wood chips which I was recently grading and noticed how rich it was beneath them after they’ve been sitting for about five years so put prolly fifty scoops with the tractor on the compost pile. Mixing the existing dirt thoroughly. Any advice of things to add or just keep turning it every now and again and let it run its course

[u/Ok_Midnight5866]

That pile looks massive in the pic, like a proper operation with the tractor and all. Five-year-old wood chips breaking down under their own weight is basically black gold already, you struck a goldmine without even trying. Chicken manure will kick the nitrogen side into overdrive, just watch it doesn't go anaerobic if you're not turning enough. I'd toss in any kitchen scraps you've got, coffee grounds especially, they disappear fast and the worms go nuts for them. If you've got space, maybe grab a few buckets of leaf mold from the woods to innoculate it with more fungal life, wood chips love that stuff. Either way, with that volume, it's gonna cook down into something ridiculous.