Re| Brush
I have several brush piles through out my 26+ acres which I make in clearing land. I chop them down enough to make a tidy pile and just leave it be. After a season or two I pull out all the branches that have not broken down into a new smaller pile or combine with others and sift the rest for great compost . By doing this season by season I have piles always ready to harvest compost. Low effort letting nature do it's cycle thing.
