"Chris Stewart" wrote in message
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"Natalie" wrote in message
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"david" wrote in message
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Why not stuff Black refuse bags full of damp leaves, they will compost
down
much faster than on a heap.
You can remove twigs etc after if they haven't composted down


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?

Natalie

Make sure they are kept wet, and if you can persuade anyone to pee on
them,
then that woould be good too, I'm sure - more for entertainment than
anything else, mind.

Chris S



The leaves should be wet because they are in plastic bags that have holes in
them and we have had a lot of rain lately!

As the bags of leaves are in a primary school garden, there is no shortage
of boys to pee on them...but I don't know what my Head Teacher would think
of it ;-)

I'll leave them until the Spring and see if they have made any more
progress.

Natalie