Composting info please

It also just happened to fill the bin perfectly. That would never happen to me.


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Watching Monty last night he was explaining the difference between leaf mold & compost……….Yes I understand but….You compost leaves from your Veg & Flowers, there are leaves in there. I use a Darlek and have no problem with tree leaves, which appear, to compost down ready for the following season. Thoughts please.

 

Yes, @john558, I put tree leaves in the dalek too. I don't get that many of them, so they're not worth dealing with separately. I find they break down fine, and at the same rate as everything else. If I had lots of tree leaves and lots of room I would probably do them separately though, because leaf mould is nice stuff!

 

Thank Clare G, so I'm not quite the idiot I thought I was

 

Take your pick shiney.

 

We've been shredding a large amount of hawthorn branches (too much for our green bins) and I wanted to know if the shreddings are compostable?

 

They are low in nitrogen so you'll need to mix green stuff in, takes about 4 years

 

Thanks for the info @Zigs- 4 years hmmm - I may just take it all down the tip.

 

You could use it as mulch as it is