"Fruit bushes" also have different habits: prune last year's raspberry canes to the ground, but trim blueberries very lightly IMO.
Yes to lazy leaves/grass composting in situ.
Our birds get their share of fruit so quickly that there's no chance of fermentation, but they still manage to whack a window now and then.
Sven - what are you doing in mid-April to early May? My wife and I will be making a cycle from Paris through Munich, Croatia, Italy, and back to Paris then. Any chance that you'd be headed south? paul spencer
Munich is a great city, but Paris would give a greater chance of getting other ETers together. Let's stay in touch. You can't be me, I'm taken