Jay Angler wrote: what do you plan to do with it after it had decomposed and re-filled a number of times?
What I mean is that when the material is chopped up with the machete, the smaller pieces take up less space. I keep filling it until it is full with fresh mulch.
I will be planting my trees directly in the mulch. I have been collecting seeds all year, and still have some from previous years. I finally got my my hands on some paw paws, so I will be putting some of these in low shady areas. As my seedlings grow, I will do quite a bit of chop and drop to clear the canopy for them. This is especially important for the paw paws since they tend to struggle in full sun when they are young, but don't put on fruit later without sun. This is just step one of the transition.
"Now he called his name Noah, saying, 'This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed." -Genesis 5:29 (NASB)