On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:59:26 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:52:03 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
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>>Normally, my husband would take it out and bury the stuff in the
>>"real" compost pile. This year all composting shut down as piles and
>>tumblers froze solid.
>>Janet
>
>We could have tolerated the temps, but it was the 4+ feet of snow in
>the yard all winter that prevented the trek from house to bins (only
>one tumbles, that is my favorite).
>
>Boron

My daughter gave me the tumbler available at Costco for Mother's Day
last year. The other tumbler is so darn big I can't reach high enough
to get the door back on (bad arm). The compost pile (12 feet x 5
feet) is the "man and dog" thing. They tend it and turn it all winter
long (usually), but this year it was too cold too long. The tumblers
are for kitchen and garden waste. The pile is leaves and grass
clippings.
Janet