betty swollocks
large member
make a terrific din.
Why don't they just use a broom?
Why don't they just use a broom?
BUT: I need to take issue with you, Simon, over this one! I presume you mean the garden shredders which are becoming ever more popular. We have one - an electric model, about 1600 watts, granted, about the same as a lawnmower - which we have dubbed 'the Martian' because it closely resembles H G Wells' creation standing on three legs with its voracious appetite! It's paid for itself many times over since we've had it, and I've lent it out to others once or twice and had praiseworthy comments in return. It means that all the garden prunings - even rose prunings and brambles - which might otherwise go on a bonfire and smoke the whole neighbourhood out (to say nothing of carbon emissions) are reduced to a bag of chippings which we can easily spread out and 'lose' under the shrubbery and on the flowerbeds and vegetable plot. I once even pushed an entire apple tree which we had to take out, through the thing, save only the trunk and bigger branches. No need to load the stuff in the back of the car (as the neighbours do) and drive the 5-mile round trip to the public waste site (where the stuff probably goes to landfill anyway), burning petrol all the way. No, this shredder is doing a valuable service and no looking back! It's noisy and consumes power, granted, but no more than a lawnmower, and I only use it in the daytime when other neighbours have their appliances going. Go get one! You'll be thankful!simoncc said:They aren't as bad as those twig grinding machines. I'm amazed that people can convince themselves they need all these garden gadgets.