I like to go in the bed of a dump truck, about a ton of manure, put on rubber boots and have buckets of ground egg/oyster shells, basalt, Planters II, clay, coal dust, equisetum tea and leaves, beech leaves, and a flat shovel. Add the ingredients and march around the truck bed mashing and mixing the manure, rest your legs by shovelling and repeat with another substance. By the time you've added all ingredients stamp yer feet and shovel some more you are done and the critters will do the rest ... sstorch