In article , Chris French and Helen
Johnson writes

Some was used fresh for the paths around the veg beds. The rest was
stacked in an impromptu bin in the corner of the garden and left alone.

A couple of years later it had composted down lovely - still pretty
coarse of course, but made a lovely mulch for round the fruit trees and
other places.




Sounds about right to me, thanks I'll go for that then.

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk