'Twas Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:10:22 -0000, when "Natalie"
enriched all our lives with these worthy
thoughts:

Last year I collected leaves, in black plastic bags, with some of the school
children I work with. When I had a look at one of the bags last week I
discovered the leaves hadn't composted at all!

What did I do wrong?

What should I do now?

Keep 'em damp and consider investing 3 quid in an 'activator'.
I use the Biotal one for oak leaves, which are notoriously stubborn
when it comes to decomposition, and that gives me the magic mulch for
me begonias in around 18 months rather than the 3-5 years it would
normally take.

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