On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:39:30 GMT, "Crimson Castle"
wrote:

Hello,

I'm thinking of using my weeds as compost. But my gardener told me to forget
about it. He argues that its pointless placing the weeds into the compost
bin and then using them as mulch (in three months time or so) because the
seeds often don't die - and you end up seeding your garden with the darn
weed seeds. He now insists that only lawn grass clippings get placed into
the compost bin.... well that's another story.

I take a long-term view of things, and know that I will defeat the weeds
eventually. It's just a matter of persistence. I enjoy spending time in the
garden, even time spent weeding. That doesn't mean I'll deliberately waste time
weeding, but I do use weeded material in the compost. Once I even gathered up a
pile of thistles(complete with seed heads), shredded them, and made compost from
just thistles as an experiment. I watched the beds I used that compost on to see
if any thistles sprouted there. None did. The compost did cook pretty good for
the first few days after I ran it through the shredder.