Hi ,this not a plug for this magazine but in this months Grow it there is an article about composting and you also get packet of free seeds with the mag....
Super Gran, All shredders can get blocked, particularly by putting in too much soft green wet stuff all at once. Over the years, I've learnt to feed it with a balanced diet (bit like myself, really!) I keep two piles of stuff, one 'wet' and one 'dry' and put some 'wet' stuff in, followed by about 4 times as much 'dry'. I find this keeps it from blocking too often, but some stuff (eg pampas grass, sweetcorn leaves) contains long tough fibres and these tend to get wrapped around spinning parts, so I try to avoid putting in stuff like that (I chop it in to small bits with secateurs instead.)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I think its very good but the blades go blunt after a while, havent bought a new on yet so dont know how much they cost.
I agree with Bob, put in a bit of each..
I dont put rose prunings in my compost heaps, because of the thorns, also, I have learned from last years experience, that dead heads from bellis daisys come up everywhere.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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Hi ,this not a plug for this magazine but in this months Grow it
there is an article about composting and you also get packet of free seeds with the mag....
derek
Super Gran, All shredders can get blocked, particularly by putting in too much soft green wet stuff all at once. Over the years, I've learnt to feed it with a balanced diet (bit like myself, really!) I keep two piles of stuff, one 'wet' and one 'dry' and put some 'wet' stuff in, followed by about 4 times as much 'dry'. I find this keeps it from blocking too often, but some stuff (eg pampas grass, sweetcorn leaves) contains long tough fibres and these tend to get wrapped around spinning parts, so I try to avoid putting in stuff like that (I chop it in to small bits with secateurs instead.)
We have this shredder http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001123CCO/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I think its very good but the blades go blunt after a while, havent bought a new on yet so dont know how much they cost.
I agree with Bob, put in a bit of each..
I dont put rose prunings in my compost heaps, because of the thorns, also, I have learned from last years experience, that dead heads from bellis daisys come up everywhere.
Thanks BobThe Gardener and Lyn I'll have a look at your link. It's great this forum