Nothing at the plot as work continued in the garden. Cut back a weigela which had got very leggy, plus a big trim of the fatsia and a big weeding session. Twenty compost bagfuls of prunings later, we had finished. It looks like a trip to the tip is in the offing tomorrow.
Stick those prunings through a shredder and add them to your compost heap. Saves on driving time / petrol and adds to the garden in return.
Waste not want not.
A brilliant soil improver!!
Yes I agree & was going to suggest it,plus it's amazing to see a huge pile of prunings go down to such a small pile of shreddings.
I would usually agree totally - would never take prunings to the tip as the shreddings are invaluable for the chicken coop (they then go on the garden once the chooks have had a good go at them!). Unfortunately, when I adopted my children I discovered that they are both terrified of the shredder noise!
I always have a long list of jobs that I need to get done when the children are at school, the prunings just piled up and up waiting the day when I would have time to do the shredding. I had to just accept that the trip to the tip was necessary on this occasion as I am so sick of the garden being a mess. On the plus side, I had removed the leaves and soft growth by hand, so it was just twigs in the bags.
The best bit was that I tried to burn them the other day when we had a drizzly day here, and my old incinerator collapsed - it had rotted through! Typical!
Roll on September when my youngest goes to school full time so I have more time to do these jobs!
Grendel, I have just seen your news, congrats!