Today I had a bonfire, or a ‘burn’ as we like to call it. A long overdue burn if truth be told. Over weeks and months I pile all the debris, prunings, cuttings, broken branches etc. at one side of the compost heap and then when I ‘m ready have the burn at the other side. This avoids me burning alive anything that might have made it’s home in the tangled mass.

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