I posted this in the soil forum but got only one response, hopefully I'll do better here...

I've been away from vegetable gardening for several years, but now with all the problems with store bought produce, (has there ever NOT been problems in some form or another), I'm going to revive my garden areas and start growing again.

When I was really growing strong I built a compost tea barrel using a plastic 55 gallon barrel and an aquarium pump. This setup worked like a champ. When in operation I hung a meshed bag filled with compost and other ingredients down in the barrel and filled it with water and turned-on the pump.

My question is this:

I forget how much compost material I used in the mesh bag. Would someone in the know tell me how much material I should use for a setup like mine. Thanks!

One Other Question...

How long should I let the pump run and "simmer" the compost bag, I forget that too.

Greg