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16 June 2013 at 9:01 am
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I put mine in the garden waste bin. I used to use them as bedding material for my hens but they insisted on eating the shavings and I ended up having to pull some from their throats, so I don’t do it any more. They really need shredding before going to the hens.
They do make good compost, eventually. You need to balance the high carbon content with some nitrogen-rich material to get it to rot down really well. I think walnut shavings should be binned or burned though – I seem to recall something about them being unsuitable for compost.
George.