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Keith:
You must have mulched these leaves along with lawn
clippings eh?
Usually takes years to get stand alone leaves in a
pile to do anything except
become wet and a forage for worms along the bottom
or merely a component
for a good composting mix.
If your outside temp is 0 and you can see steam
eminating from your pile turn,
turn, turn the pile. This will cook it and break it
down, cook any weed seed and
give you a wonderful medium when done. Donna and I
are great believers in
compost tea. I line my compost pit with a double
layer of 6 mil plastic set on
top of concrete pads and tipped at a pitch towards
the front to one corner.
I dig a hole and put a gal milk jug into the hole
to reclaim the solution and then
store it up in a big covered barrel on hand when
needed and use this as a
fertilizer throughout the season.
I might add kitchen waste to the "hot pile" now as
well. Egg shells, coffee grinds
etc as you've got a very valuable situation in that
it's cooking and able to
consume almost anything added, keep turning every
few days or so....
Happy Holidays!
Gianni
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