We hired a machine today to get rid of all the branches and leaves from the great tidy-up. It looked the business. I had high hopes after watching my friend at a garden in Edinburgh's New Town throwing all sorts of twigs, branches and leaves into one of these machines (albeit a larger more industrial affair!) and everything coming out the other end in a mulch like consistency. But our experience of shredders/chippers in the past should have warned us......
I was right .. . it got choked, blocked and ground to a halt. Why is it these machines only like certain sizes and consistency of branches? This one liked larger branches but found bamboo, cornus and phormium leaves totally indigestible.
We gave up in the end and rebuilt the compost heap by hand (or fork) putting very tough grass stems into the green bin for council collection. Perhaps we'll be able to get it back one day in the form of council made compost..but I won't hold my breath...
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