[daveinmanc]

touched on this subject before but i cant find my own post lol  :?

grass, lots of it thru the summer, about 4 big black wheelie bins full, every week to a fortnight. . . . . . . .

what can i do with it  . . .  . ?

ok, got ducks so they can have some but how much they'll go through's debatable  :shock:  . . . .   would like to compost it but thats too much for a 330 ltr bin clearly, so,

do i build another for the grass cuttings from spring onwards and try and compost all that and how, or do i try and dry it and burn the majority of it?

i know if i keep leaving it in a big pile down the back of the garden it'll just end up like it is now from last year, mainly all still there lol, although at different stages of composting  . . . . . .  had some nice redworms out of it for fishing tho  . . . . . .  

[GreenOwl]

Have a separate pile (as you already do) but layer it with cardboard to dry it out a bit.  Supposed to make excellent compost.  I put mine in my darlek mixed with dry shreddings or cardboard but I don't have as much as you.

[daveinmanc]

cheers greenowl but is that sheets of cardboard or shredded/chopped

[Trillium]

I don't think anyone has as much grass as you do Dave. I'd make a specific grass bin as well, layer it with open things like twigs and add some compost accelerator between layers. Most folks don't bother witih accelerator but grass can be feisty and take too long otherwise. You could always make it an outdoor urinal    to help decomposition.

[Ice]

I put layers of grass in my dalek without putting cardboard or twigs in.  What a mistake. :?   It formed a slimy waterproof layer that kept everything under it bone dry.  Lesson learned.

[GreenOwl]

cheers greenowl but is that sheets of cardboard or shredded/chopped

Either.  I usually use sheets, I think cardboard-box type cardboard is best but if you run short of that you can use ordinary printed cardboard, shredded paper etc.  Anything to provide the dry matter and stop it going slimy.

[poultrygeist]

Am I right in thinking you want to make plenty of air gaps in it to stop it going anaerobic ? ie. slimy/wet/smelly

We have a lot ourselves and I'm hoping we can get enough scraps and dried stalks, etc to balance it out.

You've got my sympathy with that quantity. Have you considered green concrete ? Very low maintenance.

[daveinmanc]

lol  

there is a lot  . . . . . . . gardens 100ft x bout 50ft and i have to do it with a ride on mower, tried it with a trailer towed behind before now collecting the grass and it fills that twice lol, it grows like there's no tmorra  :shock:

think i'm gonna have to make another compost bin anyway, use some in the 330ltr one i just got and burn a load as well, the waterproof slimy stuff's what half of it at the top end of the gardens ended up as lol . . . . .

now, where can i buy that green concrete ?  :?  lol

[jack russell]

hi Dave have you thought of buying a mulching deck for the mower they chop the grass finer and force it back into the lawn no heaps left and no bags to get rid of   doesn't that sound nice   but they will be pricey check it out and way up the pros and cons.

[gobs]

You can leave some on the spot, all the rage nowadays, it feeds itself they say, def does not do any harm to say the least, I practice it.

On the other hand, it is a brilliant compost accelerator, you just got to mix it with dry matter and all as said, too much will make a mess.

[daveinmanc]

well its a side exit shute (mower) with a flap you can lift up, which i do, and 'spray' it all over the garden, great when its a quick number 1 cut but, if its 2'' ya takin of the top thats a lotta grass and it ends up in massive rows and looks a state if ya leave it lol . . . . .   think i'll have to try and spread some, compost some, burn some and see if i can make a magic wand out of one of my pallets to get rid of the rest lol  :roll:

[noshed]

Get some hens. Everyone says that will deal with yer grass

[Tinbasher]

touched on this subject before but i cant find my own post lol  :?

grass, lots of it thru the summer, about 4 big black wheelie bins full, every week to a fortnight. . . . . . . .

what can i do with it  . . .  . ?

A certain amount can go in the leafmold cage if you have one going.  It will accelerate the decomposition of the leaves.  Fork it well into the by now partly rotted leaf pile.