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I have for years dug any veg waste, leaves, shredded paper into my garden as I do my Autumn/Winter digging. I have read in several magazines and modern books that I should be composting these first, I have been gardening from a young age to now at 72 and I have always done it this way because digging it into the soil and letting the worms do its job there is no different to putting it into the compost. Can anyone clarify this please. My husband is the gardener but I am his computer secretary.
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Hello Pearllady and Pearlman - welcome to the Forum.
I would say that, if its worked for you so far, don't change now. Some of us practice "chop and drop". Simply chopping up unwanted vegetation and letting it fall where we stand. Its what Mother Nature does in Autumn with the fallen leaves and it seems to work just fine
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I'd carry on as usual too.
One thing to bear in mind is that some people don't have a massive range of things in their garden compost bins- ie mostly grass clippings and a few twiggy clippings and a few leaves- so the addition of paper, cardboard etc will help stop grass clippings from going sour, and help create a better , faster compost.
Maybe that advice is more directed to the town gardener?????
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Oh- how rude of me
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Welcome to the vine young lady...........................like others have said, if you've been doing it for so long with no adverse effects, then there's no point in changing & making work for yourself.
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Hello and welcome Both.
The only adverse thing I've come across is if you have loads of oak leaves (I do) they release tannic acid which might effect the ph. Plus they take a long time to break down - two years for me. But if it hasn't so far keep doing what you (and he) are doing
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The problem nowadays,is there's so many health & safety regulations,people (companies that could get sued) need to be careful what they say. If someone used diseased plants or if something went wrong,the company wouldn't want to be liable. Carry on doing what you're doing because you know it works well.
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