Maybe, if it needs moisture, you should mix up some "Bug Juice" and pour it into some holes in the compost or just on the compost. Use some the "sheer neglect" compost as part of the starter in the BJ. For matters of experimentation, why not make a small pile (from the big pile), add more nitrogen in the form of some alfalfa pellets or other greens that are easy to obtain, and some of the compost that "happened" and see if you can't get a smaller steaming pile. Then you could gradually add stuff from the big pile. Also, use the bug juice to moisten that as you are building it. Here is a link that might be useful: Bug Juice Recipe

Orchid_pixie, 1. Buy a heavy duty tiller, if you decide to try to cultivate your soil. Don't do what I did and get the "cheap" $188 model at Walmart. It will only leave you $188 poorer & shaking your fist at the sky as you realize you wasted your money on a puny tiller that got you nowhere (and which, to boot, is hard to start unless you have the upper body strength of a titan). 2. I too, love gardenias & have been trying to grow them, with varied success. So far I've killed 1 1/2 plants (I would say two, but I won't know if the last one is dead until it warms up & I can tell if there are any remaining signs of life). Of the plants that have survived my attempts to grow them, I currently have two indoor veitchii (one at home, one at work -- I'm conducting an experiment to see which lasts the longest before dying horribly, or preferably, which blooms first!) and four frost-proof gardenias that I bought at Pike's and planted outside in my front garden bed. As for the frost-proof, they seem to be doing okay, and given that you're in the northern part of GA, I would give those a try before buying some of the less cold-hardy varieties. However, whatever you decide to do, do yourself a favor first and read the suicidal gardenia thread I'm posting for you below. The first time I read it, I literally laughed so hard that I had tears streaming down my face. Enjoy and good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Suicidal Gardenia

I’ve ordered the cabinets and plan to go with a neutral stain with reeded glass inserts in most of the uppers to cast a green hue. We went with all GE slate appliances and slate countertops with a slate farmers sink like our old family Camp has. We are using the same local company & are so happy to see the costs were about the same as granite. We plan to go with a slate floor too, but have yet to select the slate colors. I’ll post photos when it’s complete. Thank you for all the advice! We are adding a nook table to the L-shaped island and I’ll make that green. Likely with a butcher block top. Thank you all so much!!

I'd poke around HERE for starters. Lots of knowledge there.