"Steve" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:48:12 -0800, andyv wrote:

I'd hoped to get a shredder that would take leaves and by mincing them
up speed up the composting process. My ideal would be to get it down
to one year like regular compost, but even 2 years would be helpful.

I'm not sure about using a shredder for for leaves, wouldn't the inlet on
them be too small? I use a leaf blower/vacumn to reduce leaf volume which
works really well, I just drop it on the floor and feed them into it.
Useless for prunings of course.

Steve

At one of my old houses I had one of these

http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/mo...76-atcorot.htm

I had half an acre of neck high brambles, nettles and God knows what when I
moved in. I took the top off with a rip hook then went over it time and time
again with the Atco. This took it down to grass and when the leaves fell
from the orchard, it reduced them to fine almost powder which was easy to
scoop up because the output of the Atco was a shoot on the back left had
corner so it left a nice little row.



:-)

Mike


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