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Garden Shredder

Awesome Garden Shredder

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Gardening time and the hedges need a cut, we also have some very large trees that need a serious hair cut. One of our problems is that we have to take the waste to the public recycling center which is 6 miles away. If we had bought a house with land as we originally wanted then we could have put the garden waste in a heap to break down A few weeks ago I started to investigate shredders, at our last house i borrowed one from a friend but it got blocked up quickly, surly things must have improved. Looking

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Compost Thermometer

Compost Thermometer

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This year our compost has not been working very well, in fact when i dug it over i found nothing but the material that I put in there. We have 4 large compost bins, each one about 3ft square. To get great compost ti needs to get up to the right temperature so that the bacteria will break down the material. I bought a compost thermometer to see if the heaps were getting hot enough and found that they were not. after a lot of hard work: Digging them out, Layering fresh green grass cuttings in with the older dry

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beautiful summer flowers

Summer Flowers

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Its now July 2017 and we have been here for just over a year, The previous owners were really keen gardeners and we are reaping the benefits now with some beautiful summer flowers in the garden. My wife has been keeping the weeds down, a little area of garden every few days keeps them in check. I manage the Veg and produce growing, lots of weeds there as well. An update on the veg coming soon. Compost production is going well, we have 4 bays for the waste, each one is approx 4 ft x 4ft, the compost is placed

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