I've removed a couple of big trees and trimmed back two others and
thats overwhelmed my compost heap. I kept a log pile in a damp area
for the stag beetles (I suspect that these are different to the ones called
stag beetles in the US - as they aren't a pest and are quite rare) but I
still ended up with four huge piles of extremely flammable pine branches
that were getting to be a fire hazard - they had to go.

"dkat" wrote in message
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May I ask why you burn it rather than leaving it as a refuge for frogs,
newts, worms, nutrients to go back into the soil, etc.?
DK
"groovy" wrote in message
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Yesterday I had a bonfire. Luckily I checked the piles of garden
rubbish before putting them on the fire, as I found loads of frogs
that I returned to the pond. Even though the rubbish was very
dry, the frogs were still hiding in it. So as we enter autumn/fall
can I pass on a plea from the froggies to check before lighting
up. Ribbit.