Dead wood

I am cutting down a lot of dead wood and am repeatedly left with a lawn full of dead, thorny twigs. I have been collecting some up for a small compost pile but cannot do this too excessively as the garden backs onto a residential area; some have been disposed of in the eco bin. But is there any problem with digging some of the debris back into the soil?

 

If you have a shredder you could use it as a mulch.

Is a bonfire out of the question?

 

Thanks, I'll bear those in mind. I take it from the first suggestion that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with digging dead wood, twigs, back into soil? Its getting so hard trying to remove every one and chop them all up, especially when they get tangled in grass and are easy to overlook!

 

Is that what green waste wheelie bins are called nowadays, or is an eco bin something else entirely?

 

anyone you know could use them for their fire? its so bloody cold nowadays & the cost of heating the house so expensive peeps are apparently going old school, back to the ol' raging fire in the fireplace...we've thinking about it ourselves. anyway perhaps you could ask around?

we're lucky to have a Forest nearby to which we've always brought our excess pruning's/branches ect, i don't think your supposed to tbh, pretty sure its frowned upon now....but its only excess green waste from our own garden, its not like we're dumping litter! (only scumbags do that ) i cant see a problem with it tbh...to my mind its beneficial to the forest and its wildlife so why not

 

It will take Nitrogen (from the soil) to rot down. Sticks will probably be a nuiscence when trying to work the soil, weeding etc. I would recommend shredding and using as a mulch, or adding the shredded material to your compost heap, mixed in with the green sappy stuff over the year.

If this is a big once-a-year prune, or you can make a heap of it, short term, until pruning is finished then you could hire a chipping machine for the day if you don't have a shredder that you can beg, borrow or steal!

 

Potentially you could spread disease ... but I don't see much wrong with it either. Sending it for landfill would be pretty environmentally unfriendly ...

Taking it to the dump is probably the best alternative - assuming they have a section for plant waste that is then composted