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Old 06-04-2006, 06:15 AM posted to rec.gardens
Warren
 
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Default Shredding & blowing peat moss on lawn?

Mama Bear wrote:

Can someone please answer my original question, without going off
on tangents like this? Thanks.


Why do you think anyone knows where you can get a blower shredder that
will do that? If none of us thinks it's a good idea, why would we have
ever shopped for one? You're not getting a straight answer because your
original message implied that you weren't interested in whether the idea
worked, but just on how to carry-out the idea even if it is a dumb idea.
You came here with your mind made up.

As Doug noted, the shredded peat moss is going to very quickly dry-out.
It's either going to just blow away, or it's going to wick-away water
that otherwise could be going to good use. Think about it. Just how
would loose peat moss help do anything useful? It's a horrible waste of
a natural resource that's being depleted fast enough. As gardeners, even
armature gardeners, we should be stewards of the Earth. Wasting peat
moss on some scheme that has no benefit is not a good idea. And using a
power tool of some sort -- possibly even a gas-powered tool -- is even
worse.

In an earlier message you said, "I've been told it can work." Well, now
you've been told that it doesn't work more than once. I guess if you're
prone to go off and do things -- along with spending money to buy stuff
to do those things -- without any research just because you've "been
told it can work", this should be more than enough to change your mind.

It's a dumb idea. But if you really still want to go ahead and do it,
then you'll just have to do your own shopping. I know I've got better
things to do than shop for you.

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Warren H.

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