Back in August we decided to take out a clump of laurels that we had planted several years ago and which were rapidly taking over the area in which they lived.
During this process I removed the leaf clusters from the main branches thinking that we would be shredding the main branches and our shredder isn't partial to leaves at all
As it turns out we haven't had chance to do the shredding and so the whole pile of branches will be going to the village bonfire building tomorrow Some of the leaves were put into the brown bin, ready for the fortnightly collection and the rest were put into several spare large flexi buckets until the brown bin was emptied or there was room in the daleks. As luck would have it other hedge trimmings and garden waste meant that only a small amount of the leaves has been able to be dealt with in the last few weeks. So the rest of them have been happily rotting down in the buckets and are now at varying stages of green-to-browness
Whilst clipping back the other Laurels today ready for the village bonfire building tomorrow, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Why not dig the contents of the tubs into the beds while I'm clearing and digging?
So my question is: Will this work? Can I spread the contents of the buckets over the beds and then dig them in? Or do Laurels (as is the case with flowering cherries or so I'm told) produce harmful toxins such as cyanide when they break down?
Thanks as always for your advice guys
VPM
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