On 21/12/2014 16:53, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"harryagain" writes:
I compost all my own stuff including hedge clippings.
I take stuff from my neighbours too.
Takes one/two years to compost thicker twigs.
I run anything over 10mm dia through the shredder & it will compost in six
months.

I've had a compost bin running for about 4 years. Mostly grass cuttings
and other stuff the mower picks up - twigs and holly tree leaves.
The bin has been full at end of last two summers, but settles enough
over winter to get the next year's in (helped by me jumping up and down
on it at the end of this year).

The stuff at the bottom is not well rotted yet. Holly leaves appear not
to rot at all, and neither have the twigs completely.

New grass added at the top always looks like it's starting to rot down
nicely a week or two later.


I was talking to a guy whose company have the contract to maintain our
local park. All the shrub cuttings get left in their "yard" and put back
on the council beds a year later, despite none of the twiggy bits having
broken down. Sill, it's the right colour, and it probably acts as a
mulch of sorts, but it's a wasted round trip in a way.