If you don't mind a crunchy bark and leaf coating, sure!
The chipper does have a tendency to fling random lumps of tree and shrub at people, so you might want to put some plastic sheeting down and warn people not to wear their best clothing, in case they get peppered with cheesy fried potato.
I am very lucky with the in-laws, and their tool collection. I do have a long-term plan to rent them out, but not sure how they will take this. It could be a great money-making scheme!
Ooh a PROPER hedge mincer. We bougth an elcheapo one once to try to cope with the Hedge from Hell but after spending nearly four hours to mince only ten minutes worth of clipping outout, we figured we were on the wrong track. THat said, the miced output made fantastic compost.
It's pretty good, and makes a hell of a racket - as I said, next door's 7 year old ran in crying and refused to come out again until we'd all gone away! I shall remember that for the future.
You do have a lot of Hedge and I can see why you'd need an industrial mincer. Or a very large bonfire - guess what we're doing with the big bits of prune?
My version of Pruning Fever is this - I do a load of pruning, then start sneezing. I don't even get Hay Fever! It's still a lot of fun though, I think I might do a little now before it gets dark.
Pruning makes you sneeze? That's really odd! Maybe you shouldn't sniff the sap so much next time?
I do prefer hacking to pruning though. Just snipping half an inch off a branch at a time is nowhere near as much fun as grabbing a handful and chopping 3 feet off them all at once, or taking a saw to a particularly thick stalk and having to drag the beast halfway up the garden to get it down.
And, if you get the urge for more pruning, we've got plenty of practice space...
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The chipper does have a tendency to fling random lumps of tree and shrub at people, so you might want to put some plastic sheeting down and warn people not to wear their best clothing, in case they get peppered with cheesy fried potato.
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Is that you in the icon??
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*runs away to avoid the long loppers*
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Not that you do "running" of course.
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You do have a lot of Hedge and I can see why you'd need an industrial mincer. Or a very large bonfire - guess what we're doing with the big bits of prune?
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I do prefer hacking to pruning though. Just snipping half an inch off a branch at a time is nowhere near as much fun as grabbing a handful and chopping 3 feet off them all at once, or taking a saw to a particularly thick stalk and having to drag the beast halfway up the garden to get it down.
And, if you get the urge for more pruning, we've got plenty of practice space...
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