When I was given 25 bags of fall leaves, I needed something fast to turn them into leaf mulch for my garden. I decided to give the Worx Leaf Mulcher a try. From assembly to shredding to applying to my garden, this video shows you how it worked.
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Lol, the bee buzzing was a cute effect, as if it were the one watching you in the garden.
Neat but if you want to save money you can just pour the leaves out in a line, then run them over with your lawnmower. Once to mulch, second time to double mulch/bag.
Those are Oak leaves! Very high in Tannic acid.
I would mix a bunch of other leaves and grass clippings to absorb the acidic compounds from the oak leaves.
Very good video on mulching. Thank you!
I use Toro combination blower and shredder Shreds leaves in place finely into a large cloth bag that when full you can take and empty where you want it. Much faster and more consistent than string device. Just requires AC where you suck up leaves — I use a 100’ 14-gauge extension — but very powerful and relatively quiet compared to any gasoline device. Also need to avoid picking up twigs and wood chips, but if you’re careful suction will usually separate leaves from denser materials.
Happy I watched this I think the leaf shredder was only average
After many years of shredding leaves for my garden and purchasing shredders, I have found that my lawn mower does the best job. It will also shred some of those pine needles in the process. For storage of extra material, take a look at geobins. Mine are over ten years old with no issues at all. When you don't need them, roll them up and store them. Nice video by the way.
Is it noisy? meaning will I feel guilty about annoying the neighbours?
Nice. Can also use a lawnmower with a bag if you haven't got this machine.
unless rain is coming soon, you should perhaps water the shredded leafs to encourage them to break down faster……maybe even add some worms to the pile…just a thought..
I shred with a mower right on top of the garden. Any bits I don't pick up for the bin go to the garden soil
How loud is it? I'm thinking of getting that one but i heard that it's really very loud
Hi if you are getting serious about this try a hammer knife shredder you can shred all your corn stalks and dryed vines,makes great compost.
Just an add on the sreeders I am thiking about are the lawn vacums with bag,theey run about 20$ 10 h.and can shreed 3" imbs.
that is 2000$
Love that idea!
Yea – that doesn't look good. Ego battery mower for me.
I get to open mine for my birthday on Sunday!
The leaf shredder that I borrowed worked but the lawn mower is more powerful. I don't have to lift up each bag into a shredder so it's easier to line up the leaves and mulch first. Then put the bag on the mower to pick the leaves up, which get shredded a 2nd time. I collected 350 bags over 3 weeks last fall. I put 4-6" shredded leaves on the garlic and composted the rest. About 2/3 of the leaf mold/compost is now on my 3 raised bed gardens so the nutrients can be released into the soil over the winter with no tilling. FYI: I've read that leaves have more nutrients than manure, which makes sense since trees have pulled nutrients 5 to 30 feet down in the soil while animals eat plants with much shorter roots.
Thank you for the thorough review. Leaves are a real problem living on this mountain in North Carolina and valuable for my garden. Leaf blowers will make easy work of building a leaf pile – a leaf mountain really. The problem has always been mulching them in the woods (in order to be able to transport them) and getting them to my garden. As someone mentioned below, a lawn mower will reduce them at ground level which saves the lifting and bending but still that is not ideal. Also, we need such a tool almost entirely in the fall. Hoping someone has a suggestion. Thanks again, nice video 🙂
Such a good idea to shred directly into the wire bin. I would suggest that you water the leaves layer by layer as you go and also add a little soil now and then. I think that helps make an environment that fungi like.
But how well does it work on wet leaves. I think a lawn mower and string trimmer would be fine.
It's black gola if u process lives into organic matter it will be best leaf compost.
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Mam ur doing so great work fr Green nature. Thank u
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Great info Jill. Thank you for sharing it with us….