Mike & Karen wrote in message ...
I have been looking at garden shredders. ....
Or should I just chop it in to reasonably small bits and hope it will
compost in a reasonable time?

If you google down the group for the various times we have discussed
this you will get the following advice:
1. Cheap ones are underpowered and not much use
2. Mill type ones are great
3. You don't need one.


My solution was to hire one. It only cost me £7 for the day, and at
that price I can hire one for a lot of years instead of buying one,
and I don't have to keep it working! I could have had a diesel
powered one for £15 per day.