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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 |
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"dookie" wrote in message news 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 $$$ I would end up with something that worked so poorly that I never used it. |
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my favorite garden/yard tool
"dookie" wrote in message news without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf blower/shredder. it makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy... What is the brand and model of yours? This is exactly what I need I think. I've been thinking of buying one of the lower end chipper/shredder machines with the rake-in style hoppers, but have been worried that 1) they would be more than I need (rarely have inch-wide branches, usually twigs and brush prunings), and 2) that unless I forked out serious $$$ I would end up with something that worked so poorly that I never used it. |
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my favorite garden/yard tool
My husband!
"dookie" wrote in message news 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 |
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my favorite garden/yard tool
My husband!
"dookie" wrote in message news 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 |
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my favorite garden/yard tool
"Sean Scoggins" wrote in message . com... | | "dookie" wrote in message | news | without a doubt the nod goes to my gas-powered leaf blower/shredder. it | makes debris cleanup (and re-use!) super easy... | 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 |
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