I use to have 6 old plastic garbage cans with holes in the bottom from dragging them to the curb for my mulch bins. The hole(s) must be in contact with the dirt, that's how the worms come in. They were lined up at the side and back of my garage. The garage had a hip roof. I made plywood covers with holes in them to allow water to come in and keep down the evaporation with the ones in the sun. Grass was cut by the gardener and he was instructed to leave the pile on the ground near the beds. Green grass was spread over the bed and by the following week was brown. Covered that with some fresh clippings and tilled that into the beds. Greens and browns. Left over clippings went into each can just as a light top cover. Too much and the grass will sour and smell like there is no tomorrow. When the cans started to diminish in size I combined them. By late fall I ran the compost through a wire diamond mesh lath in a 2x4 frame over a wheel barrow. Left over material when back into the pails. Worms galore and I wound up with about 5 - 5 gallon pails of incredible mulch. On the lawn around the trees and dug the rest into the garden beds. The top soil went from 4" thick to 12" over 20 years. Loved ever minute of it. And the produce was top notch. All organic. The worms were a plus for fishing. Always left some behind.
I use to have 6 old plastic garbage cans with holes in the bottom from dragging them to the curb for my mulch bins. The hole(s) must be in contact with the dirt, that's how the worms come in. They were lined up at the side and back of my garage. The garage had a hip roof. I made plywood covers with holes in them to allow water to come in and keep down the evaporation with the ones in the sun. Grass was cut by the gardener and he was instructed to leave the pile on the ground near the beds. Green grass was spread over the bed and by the following week was brown. Covered that with some fresh clippings and tilled that into the beds. Greens and browns. Left over clippings went into each can just as a light top cover. Too much and the grass will sour and smell like there is no tomorrow. When the cans started to diminish in size I combined them. By late fall I ran the compost through a wire diamond mesh lath in a 2x4 frame over a wheel barrow. Left over material when back into the pails. Worms galore and I wound up with about 5 - 5 gallon pails of incredible mulch. On the lawn around the trees and dug the rest into the garden beds. The top soil went from 4" thick to 12" over 20 years. Loved ever minute of it. And the produce was top notch. All organic. The worms were a plus for fishing. Always left some behind.