Regular and intensive pruning is a feature of our gardens here at The Drip anbd this means we produce a lot of clippings.
Clive managed to repair our shredder today and it is worth its weight in gold turning all this stuff, even quite thick branches, into mulch. It is very satisfying knowing that everything we take out of the gardens is being returned to the soil, adding life and vitality to an ever-improving ecosystem.
We compost all the shredded material before using it in the gardens, adding other materials, including blood and bone, locally produced garden lime and manure from the chooks, the sheep and Ricky the alpaca to make a wonderful rich compost.
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