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Leaf shreaders for home owners
"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... I Love Lucy said: "Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... Steveo said: wrote: ROFL Good read! Do you mulch or bag? I've never had a bagger. I think they're a pain in the ass. If the grass is too tall to mulch, then I'll take the blocking plate off the discharge chute, and rake the clippings. One or two times like that usually provides enough grass clippings to stir into the leaves from the fall and gets my compost going. =) Now there's a good compromise for me at least with the grass. Thanks for the idea. I hate to buy more stuff, but I saw at the hardware store that have some plastic barrels with handles you turn every so often. I will *consider* getting one of those if I can't find an improvised solution. I looked at those, and it seems a good solution for small-scale composting. I opted to build my own a few years ago, and am glad that I did. It's three bins, each 3x3x3 feet, with removable slats down the front, and 1/4" nylon mesh on the remaining sides. It worked great, provided it was turned. This year, I put my vegetable garden in raised beds, and filled them with a mix of 50% river-bottom topsoil (screened thru a 3/8" screen), 25% composted manure and 25% composted yard waste (both screened thru a 1/2" screen). I won't be needing fresh compost for a few years, I don't think, so I've been a bit lax in turning it. Too many other things to do right now, and no hurry on that one. As was stated earlier in the thread, you do need some grass clippings in with the leaves (approx 20% grass should do fine), in order to move the composting process along. It also helps to let the grass clippings dry out a bit, before adding them to the compost. I'd spread mine out on a tarp on the driveway until they'd start to brown a bit, and then add them. Looked a bit strange to my neighbors, until they saw what I was doing with it. I think I saw a tarp of them, on a driveway down the street, the other day. Well, I'm quite used to looking strange to my neighbors. That is funny. 20% grass is the key to that I guess. Maybe I'll rig something up. It is 49 degrees here today and raining, so no gardening or much else today. I'm determined not to turn up the heat. That's funny about your neighbors. You are a trendsetter! I'll give more thought to this composting. I know what I can do. Two wastebasket type things from the dollar store as large as possible. When it's time to turn it, stir it as best I can and dump it in the other, stir a little more. Find a cover to fit. That ought to work. =) -- Eggs Can a storm be officially designated as a tornado without touching down at a trailer park? |
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