"janet.bennett" wrote in message
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I collected a quantity of beech leaves last autumn and placed them in an
old dustbin (holes in the side - covered with lid) but they don't seem to
be
rotting down. Can someone give me advice on the following :

How long does it take for them to rot down?
Was I suppossed to add an an activator?
Do they need to be really 'wet' or 'just moist?

2 years minimum

I find that spreading leaves on the lawn and running over a couple of times
with a rotary mower to cut the leave small accelerates the process.

pk