Posted by admin grannys country nook | Posted in Garden Decor | Posted on 17-09-2011
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Garden Friendly Weed Killer
Garden Shredders are a Green Friend in the Garden
It is difficult to tune in to a gardening program on the TV in these ecology-enthused days without hearing the word “recycle” mentioned in the context of disposing of garden waste. Landfill sites are strictly regulated, garden waste fires will pollute the air and may annoy your neighbors, and workpeople will charge you for the removal of grass cuttings, weeds, leaves, branches, and other trash.
Garden shredders are your friend, because they can help turn a problem into a benefit, or rather into a number of benefits. A range of these machines is available for purchase—or for rent if you do not wish to spend to buy one—from light electrical chippers that can easily deal with woody weeds and small twigs to hefty gasoline-powered monsters that can chug their way through thick woody branches or even young trees.
In return for a small quantity of fuel and your careful attention, garden shredders will reduce that large, unsightly heap of garden waste to a much smaller volume of very useful materials that can replace substances you might have bought from the store. Need potting compost? Feed the weeds through your garden shredder and they will rot down to useful compost material in no time. Need bark chippings or mulch to lie around the roots of shrubs or ornamental flower beds? Garden shredders will munch through woody refuse to provide chippings that will keep your shrubs moist and free from weeds, while slowly rotting down to enrich your soil. These mulches help the soil retain water both while they are fresh and in their rotted-down state, so reducing the need for watering the plants. If you take the time to sort the waste, you can also end up with “designer” mulches and composts with differing degrees of soft or fibrous matter. All this will make you savings in terms of what you normally spend on compost, bark chippings and mulches, plant foods, and weed killers, not to mention the savings on having waste taken away. The supply is only limited by the size of your garden and the amount of work you do on your lawns and trees.
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