[Lardman]

Leylandii (Yes I know - don't start    )

No branches as such just tips, nothing thicker than 1/8inch.  In with the normal compost, or will they take too long to break down? Theres always  the incinerator for pot ash if its going to take to long and make a mess of my black gold.

[gobs]

It will take somewhat longer and makes the compost acidic. You can compost it separately though and mix in with other for soft fruit, they like it.

[compostqueen]

they burn like buggery and are good for getting a lotty fire going. I have to be right careful about when I have a fire, eg after dark and only if the householders next to my plot are out and there is no washing about, so not often I have one but when I do I light it with bits of conifer. Fresh works just as well. They have a conifer hedge next to my plot and when they cut it I get loads of it fall on to my side and I save it for when I need it. When it dies off and goes brown it's even more incendiary      Watch your eyebrows as it goes up very fast

[lincspoacher]

I use Garotta to help hedge break down, then when its stewed a few months i riddle out the uncomposted woody bits , let them dry out and burn them.

[Lardman]

Cheers peeps

Several trees have already met a fiery end with the burner.

I had a feeling it was going to take too long to compost, I could alway put in the drop sacks with the turfs for next year.   :roll:  I need organic matter in the sand I laughingly call soil ASAP so Im trying to keep very warm piles, its surprising just how hot the Darleks get.

[compostqueen]

Not alf!  They get red hot with the addition of lawn mowings, not too many though as you don't want slime     Try it yourself.  Add some mowings on a hot day, make a well so you can put your hand in later.  Leave it alone for a few hours and then go back and stick your hand in. It will be steamy and red hot