On 10/09/2014 10:38, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:01:23 +0100, Another John
wrote:

Hi
I'm doing a friend-of-a-friend's garden, which is quite big. Grass
mowings from a long time have been dumped in one spot at the bottom of
the garden, and -- of course -- this is now a bog: a 4 meter by 3 meter
bog which is up to a meter deep.

Is there anything at all that can be done with this pile?

Cheers
John

If it were my problem, and if the friend-of-a-friend hadn't used
significant amounts of selective weedkiller on their lawn, and if they
have plenty of flower beds, I'd just spread it on those beds, about 2
inches thick. Nature (worms, bacteria etc) will do the rest, and in a
few months it'll all have disappeared.

In the bad old days, if the Farmer was a little careless when he made
his hay the hayrick would burst into flame and consume itself! Doubt
this happens now that they bale it into individual rolls.