Question about 'garbage bag' leaf composting
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
15 years ago
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lawn and leaf bags, will they compost?
Comments (5)If you cut the bags open, so the leaves are on top & the paper is hidden underneath, I have found the bags DO rot nicely over the winter. This way, the leaves soak up the water & the wet leaves help the paper to rot. We haul home hundreds of bags of leaves ourselves and every fall I get nervous about how much composting will take place before spring. This "winter" has been so mild, our leaves are rotting away very nicely....See MoreComposting in garbage bags?
Comments (6)Shredding reduces mass and if you have space for a trash bag, I would think you would have space for a trash can. At one point, I had 18 bins in my backyard (And no back yard) now I have three or six depending on how you view it. One of the reasons I like pallet bins so much is they hold a lot of stuff to begin with. Funny thing about compost, if you have a working pile and a period of time has past and you need to move it (moving my bins is the only turning I give em), but once you move it, the mass reduces just a little. Another thing I like about "my" pallet bins is I can stack one bin on top of another, thus my hold capacity is increased by two. Albeit my fluffing method is a tad more difficult with a two teer system, it allows me to expand and contract my home composting efforts. ialbtc...See Morecompost/leaf mold question
Comments (6)I live in Houston so fresh, green bags of grass are much easier to come by than going out and asking neighbors if I can drive onto their land and shovel up their cow patties, having to both load and unload the dung. On my street alone, 250 houses bag green st augustine every week for me in the spring/summer/fall. I'd say the pile is 30% fresh greens. The leaves are unshredded. I also gather those in the neighborhood. Mine are all mulched back into the yard. I turn the pile occasionally with my tractor. I left a 8' gate on one end of the fence so I could get it in. By the way, the pile is contained by chain link fence, so airiation shouldn't really be a problem. When I had cattle, my wife would follow me in the tractor and I would shovel manure into the loader. When we were feeding in the winter it would take about an hour to collect a yard of manure. The manure is all I miss about those cows. I guess I just need to be more pile patient without the manure. The pile only gets warm, not hot and when I put too much grass in it, the pile starts to draw flies, which I also don't like. I'm really in no hurry since I found completed compost for 14.00 a yard. It is composted sewer sludge and ground wood, grated to 3/8". The idea behind the compost is kinda disgusting, but it does wonders for my grass, flowers and trees. It's great stuff. Thanks for all the replies. MP...See MoreAdd Compost to Leaf Bag for Leaf Mold?
Comments (4)You will find just leaving the leaves in a plastic bag they will rot down. Quote "does compost contain the micro-organisms that process leaf mold?" End Quote In a word YES. If you add leaves to a compost pile they will rot down to what looks like leaf mould. Cold composting is a slow process, much faster if you get involved with Thermal Composting....See Moregoodhors
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