"Snowman" wrote in message
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I've recently been bought a garden shredder, so am happily pruning trees
and
shredding most of the branches - including the smaller parts of a big
branch
that fell off an ash tree. But what do I do with the shredded material,
which is a mixture of chopped wood and leaves? Can I just spread it around
the garden as has been suggested to me, do I need to compost it first, or
is
it suitable for both? Or does it depend on what has been shredded?

Peter.

It composts well, so if you are a compost type gardener add it to your
"heap" I pefer to put mine straight on the ground and let the worms etc do
the work :~).

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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