I do similar, @Obelixx only I shred mine directly into the bin - it's amazing how much you can get in that way. I use the 'dredgings' to top-dress my blueberries with excellent results.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
That's a great idea @BobTheGardener. Too hot for blueberries here but I bet the red and blackcurrants will appreciate it. I shall be planting up a new comfrey patch in the next week or so with any luck. Have to wait for the undergardener to dig over a patch of ground for me first.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
It's really useful to have several patches @Obelixx - I'm able to crop different patches at different times, so there always plenty of flowers left for the bees.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Miine are creamier than that and will be liberated from a very dry bed - as we've discovered - to a long bed at the back of the potager where I don't plan to grow veggies anyway. There are plenty of nettles there already so it should be good. 12m should do it.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw