Composting can be performed in containers and piles. Usually the smaller the container the slower the process. Also most compost is produced in the presence of oxygen so the containers cannot be airtight. A 30-gallon garbage can with holes added to the sides would be about the smallest container most gardeners use to produce compost. Organic matter plus small quantities of soil and fertilizer or manure are added to begin the process.
Water also is added as needed to moisten drier types of organic matter.
During warm weather peatlike compost should be ready for the garden in two to three months. Our wax myrtles are growing tall and have filled with lots of shoots from the base. This way you won't waste the wax myrtle's energy and the new growths can be produced where they are needed. Decide whether you want trees or shrubs, and thin to the desired number of trunks. Shrubs are trained with numerous trunks and trees to three or five main trunks.