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Late Season Leaf Shredding

I put this off way too long this year- I have enough bags here to get my compost piles through the winter and I'm excited to condense them into one large trash can for storage. The Worx shredder's trimmer lines don't last all that long- here's the before and after. Time to get some proper trimmer line for this. Leaves got shredded up nicely here- the Worx is still reliable. A full can of cover material and a newly started pile. I doubt it'll really kick off until March, but we usually have a two-day weird heatwave in the middle of winter so I'll hope for a spark then.

late leaf shredding

Shred Your Leaves!

Wow, I got really lazy over the last few months in terms of shredding leaves. Yesterday, I saw there were some bugs flying around the top of the pile and realized it was because the last time I added fresh food to the pile, I forgot to add fresh leaves. The leaves I re-covered the pile with were un-shredded, and so it was only a matter of time until I needed to fix it. Not everyone has a shredder, but maybe your neighbor does? It's really important and makes all the difference. By doing so, you'll get greater coverage for your food scraps, the material size is smaller, meaning it'll get to work quicker and lastly you'll see much higher composting temperatures. Further, you'll be able to store more in…