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Le-y

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making leaf mould
« on: March 09, 2010, 15:53:38 »
Ok so i think i have an unlimited amounts of leaves from my husbands work (set in a manor house in a forrest and their pile of leaves is over 7ft high right now!!).

I know you can make a leaf mould from wiremesh (which i dont have) but i wonder if you could just use pallets (which i do have) like i would for my compost heap?

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Re: making leaf mould
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2010, 16:10:53 »
I would have thought so, provided the leaves are big enough not to fall out of the gaps.

My OH and I made a 1 metre square leafmould clamp using cheap trellis from B & Q. When we left the shop with it, it wouldn't fit into the car, so we had to go in and buy a cheap saw to cut it up, there and then! Gave everyone in the car park a good laugh!  ;D ;D ;D

We just drove four posts into the ground and fixed on the trellis using U-shaped staples. The clamp holds a huge volume of oak leaves, which seem to be breaking down nicely - although I haven't checked lately - and it looks quite neat.

Of course, pallets are heavier than trellis, so you may need to fix them to the posts more securely than we did, our trellis...

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Re: making leaf mould
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2010, 16:13:41 »
Le-y, I used pallets to make my leaf mould bin and it works well. Once the leaves have got a bit damp they stay put!!!

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Re: making leaf mould
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 16:25:45 »
I've used pallets before to make leaf mould, works just fine and agree with Tin Shed, as long as they are damp the leaves don't go anywhere. This/last year I'm using approx 6'x4' bags (they are bags I was given that used to hold wool), but I have used big black bin liners, with a few holes made in the bag to let the creepy crawlies in.
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Le-y

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Re: making leaf mould
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2010, 16:30:43 »
excellent thanks guys
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Re: making leaf mould
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2010, 22:53:35 »
you can also use the one tonne builders bags for making compost / leafmould. ;)
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