The local giant pumpkin king grower around here used to scour the town for perfect bags of shredded leaves/grass clippings every fall. Not sure how he processed them but he (and his family) grew some pretty impressive pumpkins every year.

Lloyd

I have already started talking to community members about giving me their yard clippings and i will be all over the village to rake leaves. so that's basically all i need? leaves and grass? Oh and i had planned on layering it, grass on bottom and leaves on top.

I'm thinking Ed picked the bags that were nicely chopped and mixed so he could work the material into his garden in the fall. I know he didn't compost his old pumpkins because he sent some out for me to compost.

As a disclaimer, I never actually saw his set up so I'm just speculating on how he used the leaves/grass. All I know for sure is that he'd get a half-ton load of bags every fall, he was particular as to what he took and he grew some pretty impressive pumpkins.

Lloyd