They will be over a foot down! The area was previously a gravel path, with
compacted hardcore etc that I need to remove, hence digging over.

Harry

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Harry Ziman hziman at clara dot co dot uk wrote:
We have an enormous pile of well rotted grass cuttings from this year and
the tear before.

I am digging out an old area to make a new flower bed. The soil will
probably be a bit tired. Is there any merit in adding a layer of the well
rotted grass cuttings before I replace the soil. I know manure would be
better but I don't have any at the moment - I will probably put some on
top
later in the year, but this is too late to backfill the garden.

Yes. If they are 6" down, they will be accessible to worms and
plant roots, but you will get few seeds. If not, don't worry.
You can chuck manure on top, later.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.