Growing up we had a compost heap about 3' x 6' next to a low wall, everything went in there, we turned it with a pitchfork, covered with thin layer of soil once a week to avoid flies (living in a hot climate). Earthworms arrived and did most of the work, this was a slow process taking a year at the end of the year some manure from local farm brought in and the family slowly mixed it together.
After this process was done, pruning of trees completed, new beds laid for fresh vegetables we moved it where required with a spade, one wheelbarrow at a time, lucky a small property, with a lot of fruit and vegetables for the family.
Yes the older generation never through anything away, little went out in a dump truck with milk arriving in glass bottles, no plastic, it feels like a lifetime ago. Good description on how to deal with our excess in "modern living today".
Thank you very kindly @joanstewart, for stopping by and adding value to this post with your comments.
Sounds like a wonderful childhood to me. I was fortunate enough to spend part of my growing up years in a fruit orchard. So, I had some idea about some of this, but our family never did anything with composting ...
Do you still garden today and apply some of these memories you have to it?