I have seen professional gardeners scalp a lawn by scarifying. It then really needs reseeding. It all makes work for the workingperson.
I treat all my hedgw cuttings by running them over with my mower and then adding to the compost heap. Mostly beech, but I have a short run of leylandii. When I am emptying the compost, this leylandii is dry and undecompsed, so I know what you mean. The top layer of compost goes on the best lawn, the rest is for mulch so a few sticks and dry bits is no issue, though I do put the L-stuff back for in the heap for another 2 years.
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I treat all my hedgw cuttings by running them over with my mower and then adding to the compost heap. Mostly beech, but I have a short run of leylandii. When I am emptying the compost, this leylandii is dry and undecompsed, so I know what you mean. The top layer of compost goes on the best lawn, the rest is for mulch so a few sticks and dry bits is no issue, though I do put the L-stuff back for in the heap for another 2 years.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."