Are you saying when I sweep up leaves on my deck to put them in a big plastic bag and put food garbage in there and seal it and keep doing that (but I'd have more food scraps than I would leaves so is that a problem - seems like I would just have a smelly mess)?
Right now, I've got those dead thorny rose limbs but I should throw those away, right? Don't want those thorns in a mulch, right?
Plants of all kinds, limbs, twigs, kitchen scraps, leaves are all like gold for the garden. It helps to put nutrients back into your soil. Otherwise, your soil will be depleted and crops will not do so well.
If you click the link tubebender provided last week (posted above) there’s a video that explains a lot about mulching with wood chips. Mulching is a good idea to help keep the moisture in the soil and decrease the amount of watering you need to do among other things.
No the compost pile doesn’t stink as long as you have plenty of air available. When everything is decomposed enough you have great fertilizer for your garden it is just as sweet smelling as the best dirt you can buy. LOL