my favorite garden/yard tool
 

without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf blower/shredder. it
makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy...

whenever needed, i fire it up as a blower and push everything off into the
bushes or beds or wherever. then, a couple times a year i go through the
whole yard with it set up as a shredder...but here's the trick: instead of
using the ridiculously small shoulder bag to catch the mulch, i remove the
bag and turn the elbow that it attaches to around so that it points forward.
i just blow the mulch right back down where it came from!

it takes a little bit of practice to get it down nicely, since it ends up
6-8ft away and the air stream is strong enough to blow the gound bare if you
point it straight down. but once you've got the pattern, it makes a quick
one-step job of an otherwise tedious process.

also worth noting: i don't think this would work so well with a
lower-powered machine (electric, or low-end gas). but with a quality
machine, anything the blower can move the shredder can eat, including
sticks, bark, pinecones, sweetgum balls, etc. it is a bit hard on the
shedder...i replace the blades and impeller almost every year, and have
broken the impeller housing from the inside out as pebbles get rocketing
around in there.

so what's your favorite?

fwiw,

dookie

my favorite garden/yard tool
 

"dookie" wrote in message
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without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf blower/shredder. it
makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy...

What is the brand and model of yours? This is exactly what I need I think.
I've been thinking of buying one of the lower end chipper/shredder machines
with the rake-in style hoppers, but have been worried that 1) they would be
more than I need (rarely have inch-wide branches, usually twigs and brush
prunings), and 2) that unless I forked out serious $$$ I would end up with
something that worked so poorly that I never used it.

my favorite garden/yard tool
 

"dookie" wrote in message
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without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf blower/shredder. it
makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy...

What is the brand and model of yours? This is exactly what I need I think.
I've been thinking of buying one of the lower end chipper/shredder machines
with the rake-in style hoppers, but have been worried that 1) they would be
more than I need (rarely have inch-wide branches, usually twigs and brush
prunings), and 2) that unless I forked out serious $$$ I would end up with
something that worked so poorly that I never used it.

my favorite garden/yard tool
 

My husband! :)

"dookie" wrote in message
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without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf blower/shredder. it
makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy...

whenever needed, i fire it up as a blower and push everything off into the
bushes or beds or wherever. then, a couple times a year i go through the
whole yard with it set up as a shredder...but here's the trick: instead
of
using the ridiculously small shoulder bag to catch the mulch, i remove the
bag and turn the elbow that it attaches to around so that it points
forward.
i just blow the mulch right back down where it came from!

it takes a little bit of practice to get it down nicely, since it ends up
6-8ft away and the air stream is strong enough to blow the gound bare if
you
point it straight down. but once you've got the pattern, it makes a quick
one-step job of an otherwise tedious process.

also worth noting: i don't think this would work so well with a
lower-powered machine (electric, or low-end gas). but with a quality
machine, anything the blower can move the shredder can eat, including
sticks, bark, pinecones, sweetgum balls, etc. it is a bit hard on the
shedder...i replace the blades and impeller almost every year, and have
broken the impeller housing from the inside out as pebbles get rocketing
around in there.

so what's your favorite?

fwiw,

dookie

my favorite garden/yard tool
 

My husband! :)

"dookie" wrote in message
. com...
without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf blower/shredder. it
makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy...

whenever needed, i fire it up as a blower and push everything off into the
bushes or beds or wherever. then, a couple times a year i go through the
whole yard with it set up as a shredder...but here's the trick: instead
of
using the ridiculously small shoulder bag to catch the mulch, i remove the
bag and turn the elbow that it attaches to around so that it points
forward.
i just blow the mulch right back down where it came from!

it takes a little bit of practice to get it down nicely, since it ends up
6-8ft away and the air stream is strong enough to blow the gound bare if
you
point it straight down. but once you've got the pattern, it makes a quick
one-step job of an otherwise tedious process.

also worth noting: i don't think this would work so well with a
lower-powered machine (electric, or low-end gas). but with a quality
machine, anything the blower can move the shredder can eat, including
sticks, bark, pinecones, sweetgum balls, etc. it is a bit hard on the
shedder...i replace the blades and impeller almost every year, and have
broken the impeller housing from the inside out as pebbles get rocketing
around in there.

so what's your favorite?

fwiw,

dookie

my favorite garden/yard tool
 

"Sean Scoggins" wrote in message
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| "dookie" wrote in message
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| without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf
blower/shredder. it
| makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy...
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My favorite planting tool is my scoop/spoon/trowel hand tool. It
has a serrated edge, a pointed tip. It can be used to cut,
scrape, dig, divide, etc. Sounds like I should be selling them!
Hahaha.
Jenny