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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 5, 2007 6:57:11 GMT
I've noticed a couple of barrowfulls of leaves have blown into one of the sheds - the one the pigeons used to roost in - so I plan to shovel them up with the accumulated guano and compost that lot over the winter in black bags before putting it in a trench for the beans next year... should have powerbeans... Pigeons all gone now... OM. Blimey Moley, you'll have to be careful or one day next summer you'll find massive triffid like bean plants have taken over your veggie garden and an entire eco system has evolved in there - at night you'll hear strange jungle twitterings and squawks and then a small tribe of tiny tiny natives will emerge with blowpipes and spears  ....you be careful with that pigeon muck! ;D Oh no! The pigeons evil plan for world dominance has entered its second phase......... |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Nov 5, 2007 8:56:46 GMT
an alarming-yet-strangely-interesting thought 4P......possibly the TTN's will harness the power of the hyperpheasants that will evolve - there's already a group of a couple of dozen hen pheasants in there flapping about on the bean arch to dislodge seed from the old pods still on the vines, down to their mates below... once they get their hands beaks on powerbeans...
OM.
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 8, 2007 17:33:42 GMT
Nearly all my leaves are off the trees now and looking at the mess in the garden I probably have 2 more bags of leaves to collect then I'm done. I guess when they have rotted down I will end up with 2 compo bags full, very nice thank you mother nature ;D
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Post by Jardack on Nov 8, 2007 22:10:43 GMT
I was walking home earlier today looking at all the leaves that have fallen and was so tempted to pick them up and take them home with me!!
Jardack
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Post by totp on Nov 9, 2007 6:53:15 GMT
I was walking home last night and saw a bag of oak leaves waitng to be picked up by the binmen, so I nabbed them. I saw about eight bag fulls yesterday sitting by the side of the road but taking them would probably be a bit obsessive.
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 9, 2007 7:11:16 GMT
I was walking home last night and saw a bag of oak leaves waitng to be picked up by the binmen, so I nabbed them. I saw about eight bag fulls yesterday sitting by the side of the road but taking them would probably be a bit obsessive. ;D Ooooh nice one totp I'd have done the same ;D Not sure how legal it is in your'e neck of the woods though so do be careful  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Nov 9, 2007 9:51:25 GMT
Where do you live? I'm coming down  You are just saving space in landfill ;D |
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Post by purplejulia on Nov 11, 2007 20:35:43 GMT
Just filled 4 large bags with fallen leaves from the garden. How long will it take to become leaf compost?
PJ
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Post by Spruance on Nov 11, 2007 20:45:31 GMT
Don't forget to make some holes in the bags or you are likely to end up with 4 bags of rather wet mush! I would guess around one year from leaves to compost so if you have an out of sight corner of the garden that you can stow them in, all the better. |
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Post by purplejulia on Nov 11, 2007 23:40:35 GMT
Thanks Spruance - I have used old bark and compost bags which are quite substantial. I've tied them and made sure they have holes in. |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 15, 2007 12:08:03 GMT
Well I've bagged the last lost of leaves this morning, still a few on the garden but they brighten the place up so I've left them Mainly sweeping up wafes and strays from now on, the bulk of them have all fallen. 4 bags now at the side of the shed so I will end up with hopefully 2 compo bags full as I thought, loverly ;D |
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Post by Weeterrier on Nov 15, 2007 18:02:15 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Nov 15, 2007 18:22:08 GMT
monty don adds his leaf mould to his potting compost.
does any-one else, or do you put it on your flower beds.
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Post by Babyswan on Nov 16, 2007 22:39:51 GMT
Yeah, I'm a collector of leaves from the public paths and highway.
I do it at night to avoid embarrassment!
OP, yes it does rot down and compress a lot, so a full bag now, will be a third the size come the spring or next summer, or even next autumn, when you dump this year's lot out and refill it with next year's leaves.
Tree leaves don't smell, as was mentioned above.
And Sairy, yes, add liquid.
edit here. didn't know there were two pages, d'oh!
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Post by Weeterrier on Nov 17, 2007 9:17:40 GMT
monty don adds his leaf mould to his potting compost. does any-one else, or do you put it on your flower beds. I spread mine over the plants which like woodland conditions first, then anywhere else on the borders where the soil might be a bit low. I do it after I cut back my plants in Autumn. |
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Post by nightowl on Nov 27, 2007 16:21:51 GMT
You've got me at it now! I've just swept up 2 big bagfuls and one bag is wet leaves but the ones from my back passage ( ) are only dampish. Should I leave that bag open for a while to get more rain in??  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Nov 27, 2007 17:18:17 GMT
Ah, another convert Yes, if the leaves from your back passage are on the dry side, leave the bag open |
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Post by purplejulia on Nov 27, 2007 23:53:23 GMT
Wee one - you should write a book about leaf compost!  I have collected 4 bagfuls from the back garden. The local council sweep up and collect leaves and bag them up. At the end of the street is a neat row of grey plastic sacks. I am tempted to go out in the dead of night and purloin them!  PJ |
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....you be careful with that pigeon muck! ;D
You are just saving space in landfill ;D
