"'Mike'" wrote in message
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To what degree do leaves compress in the first year?

I envisage a pile of up to 8 cubic metres of Sweet Chestnut, Horse
Chestnut, Beech and Sycamore and others as starters.

Too much for the black bag method these would be 'compounded' so to speak.
Dry leaves have in the past been bonfired :-((

Autumn could bring grass cuttings AND cut fallen leaves added to a
'compound' on the second year, OR a new 'compound', recommended?

How soon could these be used? How many 'compounds'? ............ 3? then
clear and rotate?

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They compress quite well if left on a busy railway track.

mark