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Nick Ferguson did a talk about it. Basically, run the leaves and small twigs through a leaf shredder. Line a trash can with a plastic bag. Mix the shreddings with some molasses. Vacuum out the air and seal. Let it ferment. I don’t remember the time but at least a month. I’ll have to check my video recording and see what it was.

Jed 2y ago

I tried Nick’s wood chipper method last August. I also used a shop vac to suck all the air out of my bag, and then had a zip tie prepped to cinch down on the knot. Everything looked good when I put it away. I believe a stick punctured my bag. When I opened the drum the bag was in, I noticed the bag wasn’t sucked down tight anymore. When I opened the bag, I was met with a beer smell. My rabbits didn’t like it at all.

Sheep? Maybe.

Also, it may have been too wet but i don’t think so. It was August, so the leaves were mature. I also used dry molasses flake, the agricultural stuff. I’ll try again, but hanging the branches in a windy location to dry, and then storing in a dark dry place looks better. I’ll find my pics of my dry tree hay I put up.

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AutumnDawn 2y ago

Interesting. I plan to use construction grade bags and hope it will keep punctures from happening. Having brewed alcohol, I’m not sure about microbial gas production affecting the look of the vacuum. The beer smell tells me that you did have fermentation. If it were more of a vinegar smell, I’d suspect an air leak during the ferment. If it were too wet, it’d probably smell more like sewage.

Jed 2y ago

I’m lost. For all I know it could be perfect and I just have picky rabbits. I just know it didn’t smell like a lactoferment. Other than that, I think I need smellavision or an in person Workshop.

antonio_cambra 2y ago

Good image in identification