I use it, and I will be composting everything under the sun. A suggestion: get a BBQ thermometer. It'll show you if you're hitting that 150F.

Yes I have done that method but had a problem with critters digging up the recent compost material and scurrying off with it and ripping up my vegi starts. I had to go back to the compost heap method and located the pile away from the garden so as to let the marauding animals do their thing without destroying the garden plants. There is no such thing as a bear proof compost bin. Adding rabbit manure to the compost seems to speed up the process.

Believe it or not, there is a precedent. A fellow named Henry Moule patented something called the "Earth Closet" in 1873. He was disgusted by the smells and visual insults of the day - open air cess pools and wastes directly dumped into the river Thames. London was also a host to a number of cholera outbreaks in his day. Well, anyway, he came to bury his wastes in the garden (British for backyard). He found that in short order the wastes turned to dirt, and contrived a device he called the earth closet. It was pretty much an adult sized "potty chair" in which the collection pan was primered with soil. When collection was complete (capacity reached, etc.) the deposit was made to the garden. This was nearing the time where Louis Pasteur would come up with the rudiments of modern microbe theory, though Moule had no idea he was taking advantage of soil culture to perform the composting and decomposition of wastes. His garden, growing in this soil, was likewise well renowned.

Here are links to earth closet info:
[url=http://www.jldr.com/henrymoule.htm]Rev Henry Moule and the Earth Closet[/url]
[url=http://compostingtoilet.org/news/000305.php]Self-Acting Earth Closet (1881)[/url]

Here is a most excellent book on composting:
[url=http://weblife.org/humanure/default.html]The Humanure Handbook[/url]
Don't let the subject put you off. If you are not composting fecal matter, just ignore those passages of the book. It contains great information on composting - what's going on inside the composting and a lot of great how-to information - and good information on pollution and the drawbacks of modern waste handling methods. The entire book is on-line, well written, and makes a great read. The author believes so much in the subject that he has made the book available on-line.

Regards,
Pat

A friend of mine who grew up on a Wyoming ranch gave me what I thought was a great hint. I call it raw composting. I do have a compost bin and pile but for most of the kitchen vegetable and other compostable materials, I just dig a small hole in the planting area and cover them up. I do this all over the garden and anywhere we plant, including shrubs and flowers. It doesn't take long for it to decompose in the soil. Even now during the wintertime our Wyoming ground is frozen solid until late March. Along my house on the south side, right next to the foundation it is soft from the afternoon sun and I am able to bury waste all year around.