We have a lot of 5 gallons buckets that we keep outside and use for compostable stuff during the winter. When spring comes, as soon as the soil is workable, we add it to the soil in various places just as you do and in a few weeks it has worked into the soil which is now enriched for planting. This has allowed us over time to build up our rocky soil.
This is also useful when planting new fruit and nut trees-- added to the deep hole at the bottom along with peat moss and other organic fertilizers.

During the summer we add it to the soil when crops are done for the season or in soil that has been left fallow.
This is indeed a "lazy" but functional way to dispose of all that we do not offer to the chicken, who makes manure out of it AND spreads it around.