On 3 Aug, 09:32, "john hamilton" wrote:
Having chopped down a vast laurel tree we are left with a huge mountain of
branches and leaves to dispose of. * If we left this heap to just sit there,
how long before it would dry enough so we could just burn it in a dustbin?
Or would it take so long we just have to face up to cutting it up and taking
away to the local dump.

I have a shredder. Best thing I ever bought. I have long native
hedges. Everything goes in the shredder and is used as mulch or
composted. If it's too big for the shredder, it goes in my wood store
for the wood stove.