Leaves!...it's that time again folks!

[KevinM67]

^^^^^ That looks great !!!

[BUFFS]

my daughter has 4 of those cubic metre sand bags full of leaves, collected over the last 3/4yrs and doesn't want them ,if you live in the Kidderminster area and want to buy some "proper" leafmould, all from the back garden, and remove the said bagfuls then send a pm and I will arrange a link up, its such a waste otherwise as I am over 300mls away so I cannot use them, ideal for an allotment group or the like..

[Scoot]

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Here's my leaf bin.

I usually just collect a bag or so from my travels, so it contains of a variety of leaves. It's just four spikes with chicken wire and some supporting rods. I just put a mesh 'lid' on top to stop the wind undoing all my work and a few bricks on top to keep things a little compressed.

I will be collecting more leaves and keeping them in the sacks, or adding to the bin as and when it drops. One side of the bin, where the chicken wire joins can be opened at the bottom so i should be able to collect the end product accordingly - We will see in a year or so. Now it's the waiting game and just keeping it moist in the warmer weather i suppose.

Wow, that looks excellent. Plenty of fresh leaf mould compost there in a year or 2.

[ESBkevin]

I have seen it recommended to put soil in layers about every foot of depth in a leaf mould wire cage or similar. Last year I collected two wheelie bin liner black bags stuffed with leaves. Punctured the bags of wet leaves and left them round the back. The stuff poking out the holes now looks good and will go straight on the beds in the spring. This year a more concerted effort had me filling a dozen or so bin liners and a chicken wire cage plus a big builders bag of leaves. I also got over half a ton of fresh horse muck that I'm composting, that has chipped hedge trimmings and more leaves in it. It's been turned twice now so we'll see haw that progresses. I'm hoping to accelerate the composting so some of it can be used in the spring digging spree, is that wise?