How to get rid of garden waste

[Curlybrunette]

Hi everyone,

I need some advice on what to do with our garden waste. We have quite a big garden and we can't even fit all of the grass cuttings from 1 cut in the big brown bin.

We have 2 compost heaps (we had some spare pallets so have fashioned them into compost tubs - so 2 pallet sized heaps) they have both been full for ages.

I've just done a whole load of weeding at the bottom of the garden so now have about 4 wheel barrow loads of weeds.

We have a firepit and thought about burning some of the waste but after a bit of googling it seems burning waste is frowned upon.

Is it ok to burn stuff? I'm hesistant lazy maybe to bag it up for the tip as a) there is just so much and b) I'm frightened of the bugs that might end up all over my car!!!

What do you think?
Thanks

Unless you have a very efficient and hot Compost heap, it is not a good idea to put weeds in. Local tip would be my solution. Seal your bags to stop bugs but I don't think they will be a problem. Once the debri is gone they will have nothing to live on so,will crawl or fly away.

Grass clippings, put them around plants as a mulch. Also on top of bare soil, this will cut down the amount of weeds in the first place.m

Weeds, and by that I mean perennial weeds, and any diseased foliage is all that needs to go into a brown waste bin.

Other weeds, into the compost heap.

If it is full, turn it. The more often you turn it the quicker the compost.

Thicker stuff, pile it up and burn it on bonfire night. Make sure you check for hedgehogs first.

Oh and what I do with weeds, dig up the perennials and put them in the bin, the rest I throw onto my grass paths, and then they get mown with the grass and put onto bare soil or around plants as a mulch. Makes life easier.

i compost most of my garden waste. The only thing I don't compost are thick branches and weeds.

Compost the grass cuttings with shredded paper or leaves.

Put the thick branches and weeds into the green waste bin. The grass cuttings break down really fast. If you want to compost sticks/branches you wil have to get a shredder. Otherwise they take too long to break down.

composting is the way forward :)

Thanks for your suggestions I guess I need to rethink what we do.

We've filled the compost heaps but haven't turned it, I didn't know we should do that (it's our first time composting).

The main problem is weeds and cut grass, it's only a couple of times a year when I cut stuff back that we have branches.

I didn't know about putting the cut grass on bare soil, we have an area about 10m x 3m at the end of the garden which is bare soil - or at least it is now I've removed 8 million nettles from it -- I could put the cut grass on that area.

I love the pic of the garden with flowers down the middle but unfortunately, the lawn is a football pitch for the boys so can't happen.

Thanks a lot guys, your advice is much appreciated