Thread: Disposing of lawn rakings
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Old 09-03-2007, 08:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Disposing of lawn rakings

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Gill Matthews Try the writes:
| In article , says...
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| Having spent a happy day raking my lawn I have a lot of waste, mainly
| moss. Can I just throw it on my compost heap, or use it straight as a mulch?
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| I certainly wouldnt use it a straight mulch. you can put it on your compost
| heap but be sure to add some dry stuff so that it doesn't go slimy. I use
| confidential shreddings. It gives the compost some body and would require
| a seriously determined identity theif fter the first few days ;-)

If it's mainly moss, that isn't necessary. It won't rot down very fast,
but will form a peat precursor. I.e. Just Do It.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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