On 24/08/2020 23:16, Chris Green wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 23/08/2020 15:41, Derek wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 20:31:15 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:
I have a slight concern though, that if the contents get too hot they'll catch
fire

Highly unlikely, seen a large mound of wood chip smoulder in the
middle, that turned to ash, but no flames, but your small amount will
not generate enough heat

I've definitely had charring in the middle of an acre of grass cuttings
back in the day when I collected rather than mulched them

I'm not surprised if you had an acre of grass cuttings, that's a big
pile! ... or did you mean a pile of cuttings from mowing an acre? :-)

The latter

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