Autumn Leaves

nodwah

Well it's turned a lot colder today here (see the autumnal colour?) and we're getting a lot of leaves in the garden now so I hope veryone's collecting them. I'm going to put some in a sturdy plastic bag with holes in it and keep it behind the shed and see if good leaf mould comes out.

A_Clock

Ive been thinking about doing that, do you have to keep the bag in the shade? What if I chop them up really good with the mower, could they go in the compost bin?

alanobrien

I practice the bung them on the beds and eventually they turn into leaf mold method, untidy but it works

nodwah

I've seen it done on the telly by chopping up with the mower so tha would help, but I think the idea is that leaves take a long time to break down so let them rot by themselves separate from the other compost. Both of my compost bins are full anyway, I'm having to put stuff in the council brown bin now.

Poppycat

I am tidying garden up at weekend and getting rid of old summer plants etc. I got some bags today from council to recycle garden materal. I wouldnt compost them up its all full up.

I need some Winter colour plants to get now and finish off planting some bulbs.

Took some old cardboard and stones to the tip and found a decorative pot in a skip there so nabbed it.

nodwah

>Quote Took some old cardboard and stones to the tip and found a decorative pot in a skip there so nabbed it.<

Well done, at our tip sometimes the blokes stop you taking anything.

Poppycat

The pot is nice okay only worth a few quid sure I seen that pot in Wilkos' but hey is only going to get broken in the rubble skip and at least some one will make use of it

computerwoman

when my dear mum died I brought aload of stuff from her's to mine and stuck them in the garage til I could face them 2 years later I started sorting them ...terracotta pots small medium and large 2 of each so I got a pot of gold hammersmith paint out the cupboard that I use to touch up some pot's on the grave's and painted a pattern on them then I've filled them with winter pansies and tiered them up on top of each other and stuck a bamboo stick down the middle to stop them falling off and breaking...I saw this done on ground force year's ago make's a striking display and have put them either side of the front door...great feature....glorious colour....:D:j

Lord_Gardener

I'm collecting/clearing lots of leaves at the moment. Use a mower to collect from lawns and if possible a vacuum shredder from beds. Shredding will quicken up the composting process dramatically. If bagging, then remember to water in the leaves (often they're very dry) to speed the process up.

nodwah

Thanks my Lord! I only have a tiny flymo so that would spread the leaves around even more!

Well done computerwoman, you could go into business!