“I put weeds in the compost pile. I generally shred them with the mower first.”
I DON’T HAVE A MOWER.
In that case, I guess you could use a mower. Ducking and running
/johnny
Lazy daisy gal here doesn’t mow anything either. Just throw them in by the handful.LOL It’s all good.
Until you get really good at composting so your pile is getting hot enough, wet enough and all that I would not put weeds in there. When I was learning about composting everyone said weeds were okay- I had a huge weed problem until I got better at composting. If composted right any weed seeds should not be viable- but I still don’t put the real obnoxious weeds in mine just in case. My advice is no weeds until you really figure out the composting. I still rough chop vegetable scraps too. I try to keep things in the pile fairly small so it will compost easier. If you have space somewhere you can pile big things like small branches and prunings from rose bushes and they will break down eventually for the compost pile but if space or a tidy look is what you want don’t even do the bigger stuff- it takes a long time to break down.