I usually get mine from the park but last year when driving past a house were the guy was bagging up leaves, stopped to ask if I could have them, he was more than happy to load them into the car.
He was doing the same thing last weekend so collected 8 bags and a further 6 this evening...
I collected up the leaves from the trees in my garden (oak and cherry blossom tree) last autumn and the autumn before putting them into bin bags and making a few holes in them. I stored them behind my shed. However when I went to use the first lot, I found that a lot of the leaves were not dry or crumbly but in wet clumps. What did I do wrong please?
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I usually get mine from the park but last year when driving past a house were the guy was bagging up leaves, stopped to ask if I could have them, he was more than happy to load them into the car.
He was doing the same thing last weekend so collected 8 bags and a further 6 this evening...
Do they need light to rot down, I have a disused coal bucker is this suitable.
no light needed
I collected up the leaves from the trees in my garden (oak and cherry blossom tree) last autumn and the autumn before putting them into bin bags and making a few holes in them. I stored them behind my shed. However when I went to use the first lot, I found that a lot of the leaves were not dry or crumbly but in wet clumps. What did I do wrong please?
If kept in black bags, you need a lot of holes punched into it and it helps to rotate the bags every few months.
I leave mine in bags for over a year plus . then hoe in to beds and borders