Clever Technology for the Garage: Garden Shredders

Gardeners spend loads of money each year or buying wood chippings to use as a weed suppressant for their flower beds not to mention bags and bags of compost for their vegetable beds. At the same time they will be taking their own woody tree and shrub twigs and offcuts along with grass and leaves from their garden to the local tip. It would be so much more efficient to use a shredder to turn their woody prunings and more into mulch that will compost much quicker or can be used directly as mulch.
Cheaper shredders tend to be noisy as they are fed by hand, the quieter ones tend to be self feeding and crush as well as cut the material.
Electric shredders are cheaper, but are restricted by cable: petrol shredders can be moved anywhere and shred more effectively as they are more powerful. However they require more maintenance and you need to keep filling them with petrol and remembering to buy it! You will used to cleaning and de-clogging the shredder especially, when you are a novice in using it. You will also need to have enough space to store it, as it won’t last sat outside.
One very environmentally friendly way to be able to use a shredder is to join together with your neighbours to purchase one – much cheaper in the long run. Or it is possible to hire a shredder.