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Any reccomendations on Leaf shreaders for home owners?

My new Toro self-propelled lawn mower mulches them. I love it. The
only thing I have to worry about is a wind vortex makes a large pile
in one spot, but we just bag those up.

I love mulching the grass, too, doesn't leave a mess and don't have to
bother with a bagger.

If and when I get into composting, there's plenty of other stuff I can
throw in that.

The grass is good to include in the compost pile because it adds
nitrogen that helps the pile cook.

I'm sure you're right about that. But I have nasty memories of when my
son was a teenager and started cutting the grass for me (bless him for
that). He dumped it in the back and I had a huge mess I finally cleaned
up. We didn't know about composting then.

Composting has its benefits but is just more work and I have plenty as
it is. I was going to give it a try in a nice wide plastic bucket type
thing I found with ropes for handles. I notice it has a crack in the
bottom which would let the water drain out. Maybe it would work anyway
or I could put duct tape on it. But it will have to be satisfied with
crabgrass and weeds and if I ever get rid of that, I don't know what
I'll put in there.

I used to build bins and turn compost over like they all recommend but
now I just make very big piles and let is sit for over a year without
doing much to it. I do add garbage for a few months and pull out the
largest weeds that grow in it - otherwise it's pretty much on it's own.
But it sounds like you are a lot neater than I am so you might not be
content with stuff that doesn't bother me.

I doubt I'm neater; I'm the scourge of the neighborhood. Everybody has
their lawns perfect, beautiful landscaping, houses with everything, if not
perfect, kept in good repair, and I struggle. I could handle a pile
somewhere so long as it doesn't get junk and broken glass mixed in like
that pile did. Setting that red plastic bucket out would be a eyesore now
that I am finally starting to get some flowers and beautification projects
going again. And if I didn't read usenet, I could burn my garage down
because I was going to get it going in a handy place where the gas cans
are (accessible in the mess in there) and I already knew that it generated
heat. I don't exactly see how, but maybe it could with fumes. Stuff is
packed in there, another mess, potter's wheel I don't want to part with,
son dumped his weights on me, the guy who did my cement work wanted to
store his lumber in there. I don't care until unless it gets to be too
long. I let the grandson of the people next door store his motorcycle in
there. He left a couple of huge containers full of dirty oil. Finally I
got fed up with that and sat out there and funnelled it into pepsi
bottles, and my son took it somewhere. It took awhile to get all that oil
in those bottles and capped. I think he took it to the recycling center,
but I wouldn't count on it. A guy wanted to buy the bike from me, but no,
I didn't have the papers, didn't know where the kid was, didn't feel like
calling his relatives.

One day after more than 5 years he shows up with trailer and wants his
motorcycle. Was I glad to get that out of there.

The reason I balk at any pile is I constantly have a pile of brush I dump
behind my tree from all the trees in my hard. I can cut it up with a
chainsaw, but almost cut my finger off once, so am not so quick to get
that out, still have to get rid of it. We can burn again on certain days,
but I have to stand out there for hours and watch it. So I want until I
can get somebody to haul it away cheap. Sometimes somebody goes through
the alley wanting to pick up a few bucks. $20 is about all I want to pay.
If I have them take it to the landfill, they charge another $10 which
would make it $30. If I chop it up small enough to put in those bio bags,
I have to buy a sticker which is $1.36? Can't remember. Bah. I'm
waiting for my granddaughter's boyfriend to come pick it up and dump it
behind his workplace where they burn, but he hasn't showed up yet and I
don't want him getting in trouble with his employer over it. Last time it
went to somebody's firepit. Doesn't matter. As soon as it's gone, there
will be another pile there. I'm sick of piles :-).

Oh, and I've spent hours cutting the bigger pieces and tying it up in
regulation size bundles. Then they will take it for free.

Couple nice cherry logs I was saving for him because he said he wanted
them. Those I can burn in the fireplace.

My little rant for the day. You used to set it out by the garbage and
they just picked it up. But, no now we have to go hi tech. We have new
garbage cans that belong to the city and a truck with an arm will now
collect the trash. That will be a disaster in the winter because the
alley doesn't get plowed. Plus an extra $8 a month (what else is new?)
and you can only have one can, you still can put out old furniture, wood,
blah blah, but if you put out one extra bag of garbage, they really sock
it to you for that. It's maddening. I'm very neat about the way I put
out my garbage. Now I'll have to hose out a damn can because it will get
to stinking eventually.


Thanks for that little story - brought a smile to my face.