On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:38:38 +0100, (swroot)
wrote:

Stephen Howard wrote:

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:31:52 +0100, (swroot)
wrote:

I just rake them all into a binliner sans holes while they're still
moist, pack them down firmly, then tie the binliner and leave it stacked
out of sight for a couple of years. Makes lovely crumbly brown stuff.

Ah, it's 'sans holes' is it?
Bugger...looks like that's my weekend sorted then...rebagging leaf
compost

I'd better get a few beers in then!

You can always recycle that onto the leaves :-)

That was the cunning plan

I don't know that holes are a Bad Thing; I started without them because
it seemed to me the leaves would rot most effectively if they stayed
moist.

I had a peek in one of the bags, the few holes haven't made much
difference by the looks of it - the leaves have effectively blocked
them up.
I also have a heap of leaves enclosed in a chickenwire cage - both the
bags and the heap have been standing over a year now, and the bagged
leaves are in a far more advanced state of decomposition.

Regards,



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