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I'm so confused about whether tree chippings are a good thing ....

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Must be a helluva lot of illegal houses up here then @Lyn ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    @Fairygirl - sweary words? You? Surely not🤣🤣
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
     Only low grade ones @Topbird ....:D 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    edited September 2021
    Thanks, @Topbird .  I have a pile up of tree cuttings in a corner under my tree.  I have some sheets in the garage.  I will cover it up and hopefully I will have compost I can use next spring. Yay!
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    @Jac19 - do you mean tree cuttings (ie prunings) or tree shreddings /chippings.

    We're talking about shredded (chipped) tree material here. If you have cuttings (ie pruned material) which has not been through a shredder it will take years to break down and is not suitable for mulching or composting unless it's essentially fine twigs.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    edited September 2021
    Leaves, mowed grass, clipped branches up to about a foot long ... cat poo from the neighbour's cat with soil thrown on it.  That's that I have got on the pile @Topbird .
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    cat poo??? and you're spreading this on your garden at some point? 
    Devon.
  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    Only bits because the cat goes to the loo in that pile sometimes.  It all becomes compost much like farmyard manure.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited September 2021
    Jac19 said:
    Only bits because the cat goes to the loo in that pile sometimes.  It all becomes compost much like farmyard manure.
    farmyard manure is made from herbivores, ( cows ) very different to carnivore poo. VERY DIFFERENT.
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/manures/cat-feces-in-compost.htm#:~:text=Cat feces contain two and,not be a good idea.
    Devon.
  • ren.bren.b Posts: 164
    After all that wonderful information I've just found out the tree guys aren't coming until the 27th OCTOBER ... not today!! Not sure how that mistake happened as I wrote the date down whilst on the phone to them, turns out the lady who was writing the diary has left so they can't check with her .... oh well, gives me another 4 weeks of leaf gathering for my mould bags, won't have to worry about too many green one's in the shredding bag ....
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