The decision was "POT"

I Suppose I ought to say - "New readers start HERE."

WAY back here, I asked "POT, or compost heap?" Having seen the way it developed, kinda gnarley & twisted, I thought it'd be worth a Pot.  I note, with interest, the older the leaf mould gets the more like soil it becomes, the more it settles down, and the fact the colour changes quite substantially, in this case from Dk. Brown >>>------> Almost Orange.

And NOW, it looks like this.