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What To Do With Left Over Branches!!

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  • 07-03-2010 3:25pm
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    Saab Ed
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    We have large trees in the back garden and last week we had about 6 feet taken off the top of them . I now have a big pile of branches and logs sitting in my back garden and I just want to no is there anything I can use it for myself instead of loading it into a van and off to the recycle yard. Is there any machine I can rent out to shread it up and turn it into something I can put on the flower beds. All suggestions welcome please.


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    Sonnenblumen
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    Saab Ed wrote: »
    We have large trees in the back garden and last week we had about 6 feet taken off the top of them . I now have a big pile of branches and logs sitting in my back garden and I just want to no is there anything I can use it for myself instead of loading it into a van and off to the recycle yard. Is there any machine I can rent out to shread it up and turn it into something I can put on the flower beds. All suggestions welcome please.

    You can hire (various sizes available) shredders but be careful new shreddings should not be spread around existing planting because the decomposition process generates heat which can cause scorching. Much safer to set aside in bags or as a separate pile for a few weeks before spreading as a mulch around shrubs/planting.


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    wildlandscape
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    Keeping a few branches together as logs forms a great habitat for hibernating hedgehogs, fungi, beneficial insects and insect larvae...which is a great source of food for birds too!


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