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Compost

Mix dry leaves, wood chips or straw in a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio with clippings to produce good compost and reduce odours

Gardening with Jane Edmanson - For a little MAGIC in your garden
December 23, 2011

How often do I see piles of lawn clippings rotting and stinking and slimy.

They can only decompose if air and oxygen is mixed into the pile hence the reason for turning the compost regularly.

Mix in coarser material such as leaves and sticks from garden clippings and they will rot down far quicker.

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