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Apr 2020
10:08pm, 2 Apr 2020
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run free
Baz can you shred the mulch the garden waste and spread it around your garden?
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Apr 2020
10:14pm, 2 Apr 2020
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Bazoaxe
Shred it with what? Also I genuinely have nowhere I could put it to compost right now. I am no gardener. I just hack back the constant growth from this time each year and surprise myself nothing dies. |
Apr 2020
10:18pm, 2 Apr 2020
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ChrisHB
We also pay for garden waste collection - possibly it's illegal for the council to charge, but that will be resolved in years to come - and they have only announced they're stopping collections, not that they're reducing payments. I have about eight compost heaps and I cannot possibly handle the amount of wood the garden produces in a year.
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Apr 2020
10:20pm, 2 Apr 2020
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run free
Screwfix is open and has garden shredders. Here is info about mulching / shredding: rhs.org.uk You put all the shredded stuff on the ground under your bushes, trees, act as a weed mat |
Apr 2020
10:26pm, 2 Apr 2020
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Fragile Do Not Bend
It’s a pity some of you don’t live near me, I’d quite happy take logs, woodchip, cardboard (not the shiny stuff) and compostable waste off anyone’s hands.
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Apr 2020
10:27pm, 2 Apr 2020
19,056 posts
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ChrisHB
Screwfix on shredders: During this time, the products in this category have been withdrawn from sale except where delivered direct from our approved suppliers. |
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Apr 2020
10:28pm, 2 Apr 2020
19,057 posts
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ChrisHB
Of which there is one, costing £950.
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Apr 2020
10:36pm, 2 Apr 2020
1,445 posts
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MsG
Bargain!
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Apr 2020
10:39pm, 2 Apr 2020
6,964 posts
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jda
My experience with a small domestic shredder was not encouraging. It was inherited from previous homeowner. Maybe it worked with soft green stuff but anything twiggy (of which I have a lot) was basically impossible.
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Apr 2020
10:40pm, 2 Apr 2020
19,382 posts
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Dvorak
I have a shredder. It regularly clogged up. Only any good for hard stuff. Which wasn't too big. Then it packed in completely. The amount of useful stuff I got out was not that much. I came to the conclusion that having a small domestic-sized shredder is one those things which seems a good idea, but doesn't really work out that way. (See also: weed burner.)
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