Well we have so much in the way of trees , hedges and shrubs to cut back or remove ,that after spending several hours cutting things up small enough to fit as much as possible into the recycling garden waste bin, which is only emptied every fortnight, we have bought ourselves a new shredder !
We had one many years back and only dumped it last year. But shredders have moved on in the last ten plus years and so having a new one means it's more powerful and better equipped.
It arrived late on Monday, so once it was removed from the box and put together , there was just enough time before it got to dark to give it a try.
We had some branches we'd cut off a shrub at the weekend, this is some of it, so we put it through the new shedder along with some other pieces not shown.
and this is the result. By doing this with our garden waste, we will be able to use the wood cutting for a garden mulch, cut things before putting into compost bins which will help them all rot down quicker and enable us to get much more into our garden waste recycling bins.
The new shredder has a more powerful engine, a paddle to help push twigs that stop and need pushing in towards the blades and a nice sturdy bin to catch the shredding , enabling ease of use.
Even having only done this small amount ,we can see just want a time saver and how useful the cuttings will be.
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