Handling Spent Vegetation from the Garden

**Durgan** · 08-22-2010, 02:06 PM

22 August 2010 Handling Spent Vegetation 22 August 2010 Handling Spent Vegetation

Spent vegetation is handled by putting through the Chipper/Shredder a 10 HP Yard Machine Unit. The chopped vegetation is blown onto the compost pile. The shredding speeds up composting, and reduced the labor in removing the waste in the yard. This waste is better removed before completely dry, since it shred better than when dry. The process is easy and only takes a short time to complete. One must have a sufficient quantity to justify the cost of the Chipper/Shredder. When I had a smaller yard the process use to be accomplished with a wooden block and a machete.

**frugalwarrior2** · 08-22-2010, 03:49 PM

I love our garage sale $75. shredder. It does just enough to do vegetation and small shrubs. We don't really need anything bigger though.

**frugalfranny** · 08-27-2010, 01:42 PM

I would love to have a shredder but to get a 5 HP is pretty pricey.

Not sure if something smaller would do some of my branches.......and don't want to be digging out clogs!

I have been watching CL for one......there was one 4 HP.