Lidl garden shredder
Ian
Has anyone any views or experience of the Parkside garden shredder
that Lidl has on offer this week for 79.99? Seems to be quite a
powerful model for a cheap price.
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20030908.p.Garden_Shredder
2500 watt motor with motor brake
Switch-plug combination device with an overload protector and
restarting interlock
Cutting device with interchangeable knives made from hardened special
steel for extra-fine shredding material
No tools needed to open shredder for maintenance and repairs
Safety loading funnel for branches of up to 4cm diameter
Made in Germany
Thanks,
Ian
Herald
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone any views or experience of the Parkside garden shredder
> that Lidl has on offer this week for 79.99? Seems to be quite a
> powerful model for a cheap price.
Yes I have, don't bother!
We bought one of these, and the fist decent sized stick we put in it
came flying out of the side of the machine!
Basically the inside is only plastic, no metal sheath, and it couldn't
take the impact. Luckily, it came out the side _away_ from the
operator! Also, the safety catch was badly glued and came away, so we
couldn't even get it to work till we took it to bits and reglued it!
I guess if you're only ever going to shred privet trimmings it might be
okay, but anything remotely tough I wouldn't recommend.
Of course, we might have just been unlucky, but it seems with Shredders
you get what you pay for.
Regards
Herald
Ian
Thanks for the feedback - I think I'll stay clear. In fact, the more I
think about it, the more I am inclined to just hire one for a weekend
to see how I get on.
Cheers,
Ian
Michael Berridge
Ian wrote in message
<23c46935.03090...@posting.google.com>...
in and crush it rather than knives. I changed and have never had to stop
my new shredder due to a blockage, but was regularly stopping and
clearing out the first one.
Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk
Pam Moore
<Michael....@ukgateway.net> wrote:
>Much better to get a shredder that has a worm drive to pull the material
>in and crush it rather than knives. I changed and have never had to stop
>my new shredder due to a blockage, but was regularly stopping and
>clearing out the first one.
Can you recommend a make please Mike?
I've heard similar advice.
Pam in Bristol
bigboard
Mine's a Bosch 2000 and I can heartily recomend it. Quiet, efficient and
powerful. My garden's starting to look a bit bare as I'm gettting
strangely addicted to shredding!
Mark Fawcett
I know that feeling, I have a Bosch 2000 as well and I find myself
considering coppicing some of the small trees along my boundary just
to provide material of the right size. Its some how so satisfying
feeding those branches in to it and getting loads of mulching material
out! Maybe I need a holiday.......
Pam Moore
I would only use one at my allotment, however quiet! Garden too
small! So I'd need a petrol-driven one.
Pam in Bristol
Franz Heymann
"bigboard" <j...@bigboard.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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Do you put out all the shredded stuff immediately as a mulch? If so, do you
water it with a bit of nitrogenous fertiliser to overcome the nitrogen
shortage which this is supposed to cause?
Franz
bigboard
> "bigboard" <j...@bigboard.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>>Mine's a Bosch 2000 and I can heartily recomend it. Quiet, efficient and
>>powerful. My garden's starting to look a bit bare as I'm gettting
>>strangely addicted to shredding!
>
>
> Do you put out all the shredded stuff immediately as a mulch? If so, do you
> water it with a bit of nitrogenous fertiliser to overcome the nitrogen
> shortage which this is supposed to cause?
No, I compost all my shreddings, mixed in with grass clippings to supply
the nitrogen. I freely admit my gardening is purely to supply my
composting addiction! :)
Victoria Clare
news:f8f5afdc.03091...@posting.google.com:
> bigboard <j...@bigboard.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:<bjpbf6$ljctr$1...@ID-133281.news.uni-berlin.de>...
>>
>> Mine's a Bosch 2000 and I can heartily recomend it. Quiet, efficient
>> and powerful. My garden's starting to look a bit bare as I'm gettting
>> strangely addicted to shredding!
>
> I know that feeling, I have a Bosch 2000 as well and I find myself
> considering coppicing some of the small trees along my boundary just
> to provide material of the right size. Its some how so satisfying
> feeding those branches in to it and getting loads of mulching material
> out! Maybe I need a holiday.......
No - just more stuff to shred...
I have the same shredder as you, but I don't always get to use it - because
it's the one piece of garden equipment I get my husband to make serious use
of. :-)
Not just fun feeding stuff into it though - the result is fabulous as mulch
and for composting.
I always thought I was just crap at composting till I got the shredder. My
heaps never got really hot, and took AGES to break down and were always
full of twigs.
Now my heaps are simmering away. I finished a heap 2 weeks ago, and I
think I shall be able to use the stuff this autumn - it's SO HOT!
And gorgeously crumbly.
Natalie
>
> No, I compost all my shreddings, mixed in with grass clippings to supply
> the nitrogen. I freely admit my gardening is purely to supply my
> composting addiction! :)
>
LOL
I have plenty of stuff that needs pruning and shredding at school....feel
free to contact me if you run out of stuff at home ;-)
Natalie
bigboard
bigboard
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:53:26 +0100, bigboard
> <j...@bigboard.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>Don't tempt me, I'm sure I could compost desks!
>
>
Pah! Sheds are no problem. I'll even compost their concrete bases when I
get my heap hot enough.
Victoria Clare
news:bjpvp4$n62$1...@titan.btinternet.com:
> Do you put out all the shredded stuff immediately as a mulch? If so,
> do you water it with a bit of nitrogenous fertiliser to overcome the
> nitrogen shortage which this is supposed to cause?
I do this as well as composting it. (usually when my bins are bursting and
I need to let them simmer down for a bit)
So far, I haven't had any problems with it - for example, I have my
strawberries surrounded by a thick layer, and they seem to love it. I've
also applied it around fruit trees to suppress weeds, and around my 'bean
and pea' arch.
Having said that, I've not had my shredder all that long, so such issues
might be cumulative. Plus, I have rabbits, and when I remember I mix my
shreddings with bunny-droppings, which should give the whole thing a bit of
a boost.
I also make a mixed mulch with grass clippings. My soil is on the shallow
and stony side, so I reckon all the organic stuff I can get onto it the
better.
Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--
Natalie
"> >
> > I have plenty of stuff that needs pruning and shredding at
school....feel
> > free to contact me if you run out of stuff at home ;-)
> >
> > Natalie
> >
> >
> Don't tempt me, I'm sure I could compost desks!
>
You won't be able to shred the type of desks we use now...not a lot of wood
in them ;-)
The stuff I was referring to was from shrubs and trees in our school
grounds!
Natalie
Jaques d'Altrades
from martin <mar...@wanadoo.nl> contains these words:
> >Don't tempt me, I'm sure I could compost desks!
> and sheds?
OY! Wochit! You'll be having revolting Shedi besieging you if you
suggest that again.
--
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They knocked the Bell down and erected a charade of pops.
Jaques d'Altrades
from martin <mar...@wanadoo.nl> contains these words:
> total melt down here we come.
I warmed you!
Jaques d'Altrades
from bigboard <j...@bigboard.fsnet.co.uk> contains these words:
Standard Shedalert warning!
JonG
>
>>>Don't tempt me, I'm sure I could compost desks!
>
>
>>and sheds?
>
>
> OY! Wochit! You'll be having revolting Shedi besieging you if you
> suggest that again.
>
No worries. Proper shed will compost itself, given enough time.
--
JonG
I was born with a runcible spoon in my mouth.
Robert E A Harvey
news:K9p8b.954$0x5.1...@stones.force9.net...
> No worries. Proper shed will compost itself, given enough time.
But until I get some Tuits there will never be enough time.
Kate Dicey
>
> Jaques d'Altrades wrote:
>
> >
> >>>Don't tempt me, I'm sure I could compost desks!
> >
> >
> >>and sheds?
> >
> >
> > OY! Wochit! You'll be having revolting Shedi besieging you if you
> > suggest that again.
> >
>
> No worries. Proper shed will compost itself, given enough time.
Even WIV repeated applications of creosote!
--
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Jaques d'Altrades
from Kate Dicey <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> contains these words:
> > No worries. Proper shed will compost itself, given enough time.
> Even WIV repeated applications of creosote!
Arbut, we hfr Creomite in the Shed, and the salt content of that
protects our sheds from attack by bactrians and fun guys innit, while
the other hydrocarcinogens jbex mightily on the taste buds of boring old
wood beetles, black watch McBeetles, what rot, qel, termites, marmites
et al.
Richard Eney
Jaques d'Altrades <bric...@pottingshed.org> wrote:
> bigboard <j...@bigboard.fsnet.co.uk> contains these words:
>> martin wrote:
>> > bigboard <j...@bigboard.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Don't tempt me, I'm sure I could compost desks!
>> >
>> > and sheds?
>
>> Pah! Sheds are no problem. I'll even compost their concrete bases when I
>> get my heap hot enough.
>
>Standard Shedalert warning!
All your compost are belong to us!
=Tamar
The Flying Hamster
> I know that feeling, I have a Bosch 2000 as well and I find myself
> considering coppicing some of the small trees along my boundary just
> to provide material of the right size. Its some how so satisfying
> feeding those branches in to it and getting loads of mulching material
> out! Maybe I need a holiday.......
</lurk>
Hmm... tempting, though I think I'll stick to burning the piles I've
been generating since starting on the new project. Nice little 16m x
16m plot (sloping down to the west) which hasn't been properly
cultivated for (we think) around 5-10 years. The blackberries have
reached the point where I'm felling them rather than pruning.
Major projects before the winter, harvest the apple tree (possibly
cider apples), prune the plum and apple. The plum is particularly in
need of some attention and was in serious danger of being overrun by
the brambles and dig over the flatter section at the bottom so the
frosts can break the soil down over the winter so we have a veg patch
next year while I get on with planning the third shed and terracing
for the slope (any hints on where to find good guides on low retaining
walls gratefully received :)
Mark
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Jaques d'Altrades
from The Flying Hamster <hamster...@nospam.wibble.org> contains
these words:
> Major projects before the winter, harvest the apple tree (possibly
> cider apples), prune the plum and apple.
Apple, fine. plum trees don't take kindly to pruning, and sulk.
> The plum is particularly in
> need of some attention and was in serious danger of being overrun by
> the brambles and dig over the flatter section at the bottom so the
> frosts can break the soil down over the winter so we have a veg patch
> next year while I get on with planning the third shed and terracing
> for the slope (any hints on where to find good guides on low retaining
> walls gratefully received :)
Where you are I'd guess you have a good supply of stone? It's tempting
to cme and visit you and give you a short course in dry stone walling.
Let me know when a few batches of wine and beer have been molished...........
--
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The Flying Hamster
> The message <slrnbn8qke.a50....@weasel.korenwolf.net>
> from The Flying Hamster <hamster...@nospam.wibble.org> contains
> these words:
>
>> Major projects before the winter, harvest the apple tree (possibly
>> cider apples), prune the plum and apple.
>
> Apple, fine. plum trees don't take kindly to pruning, and sulk.
Yup, been picking that up from this group and some of the books we've
been going through. However the tree is in desparate need of some
pruning to remove some crossing branches and dead wood. Slow, gentle
and plenty of care. There's also a plum sapling coming up near the
fruit bearing tree so if the older one doesn't recover from the
pruning there's hope for the future :)
[...]
>> next year while I get on with planning the third shed and terracing
>> for the slope (any hints on where to find good guides on low retaining
>> walls gratefully received :)
>
> Where you are I'd guess you have a good supply of stone?
There's a small supply in the field already, though I think I need to
use some of that to clean up the existing walls. Doubly so now as I
can actually reach them after hacking the brambles back (photos once
I've got broadband back). We've also discovered another apple tree
against the back wall.
> It's tempting
> to cme and visit you and give you a short course in dry stone walling.
> Let me know when a few batches of wine and beer have been
> molished...........
Wine is on the go, beer will possibly be going on this week though I'm
getting new toys for the molishing of cider so I may play with those
first. In between marking out the first veg patch and starting to dig
it over of course.
--
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Jaques d'Altrades
> > Apple, fine. plum trees don't take kindly to pruning, and sulk.
> Yup, been picking that up from this group and some of the books we've
> been going through. However the tree is in desparate need of some
> pruning to remove some crossing branches and dead wood. Slow, gentle
> and plenty of care. There's also a plum sapling coming up near the
> fruit bearing tree so if the older one doesn't recover from the
> pruning there's hope for the future :)
However, you may find it is rootstock of a different variety of plum.
> [...]
> >> next year while I get on with planning the third shed and terracing
> >> for the slope (any hints on where to find good guides on low retaining
> >> walls gratefully received :)
> >
> > Where you are I'd guess you have a good supply of stone?
> There's a small supply in the field already, though I think I need to
> use some of that to clean up the existing walls. Doubly so now as I
> can actually reach them after hacking the brambles back (photos once
> I've got broadband back). We've also discovered another apple tree
> against the back wall.
||
_||_
Try looking \ / thataway, with a spade.
\/
> > It's tempting
> > to cme and visit you and give you a short course in dry stone walling.
> > Let me know when a few batches of wine and beer have been
> > molished...........
> Wine is on the go, beer will possibly be going on this week though I'm
> getting new toys for the molishing of cider so I may play with those
> first.
Just trying some nearly-finished tea wine. Molished labels for it -
calling it Woozybooz. Next batch will be Thea horizontalis.
> In between marking out the first veg patch and starting to dig
> it over of course.
I think I'll hang fire until that's out of the way innit.
Me oomeback are playing up.
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The Flying Hamster
> The message <slrnbng4l2.tfb....@weasel.korenwolf.net>
> from The Flying Hamster <hamster...@nospam.wibble.org> contains
> these words:
>> and plenty of care. There's also a plum sapling coming up near the
>> fruit bearing tree so if the older one doesn't recover from the
>> pruning there's hope for the future :)
>
> However, you may find it is rootstock of a different variety of plum.
Possibly, worst case we decide we don't like it at which point it
becomes food for the fire in the lounge :)
[...]
>> In between marking out the first veg patch and starting to dig
>> it over of course.
> I think I'll hang fire until that's out of the way innit.
> Me oomeback are playing up.
I don't blame, you I'm not exactly looking forward to the job
though I do need to get the hands caloused up so they're in a fit
state for chainmaille molishing.
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great force." -- Dorothy Parker
Jaques d'Altrades
> >> and plenty of care. There's also a plum sapling coming up near the
> >> fruit bearing tree so if the older one doesn't recover from the
> >> pruning there's hope for the future :)
> >
> > However, you may find it is rootstock of a different variety of plum.
> Possibly, worst case we decide we don't like it at which point it
> becomes food for the fire in the lounge :)
Nooooooooooooooooo! Especially if there is any bulk to the trunk. I'll
ohl it from you for molishing gnustocks!
> [...]
> >> In between marking out the first veg patch and starting to dig
> >> it over of course.
> > I think I'll hang fire until that's out of the way innit.
> > Me oomeback are playing up.
> I don't blame, you I'm not exactly looking forward to the job
> though I do need to get the hands caloused up so they're in a fit
> state for chainmaille molishing.
I thought you did that with special pliers?
The Flying Hamster
> The message <slrnbnoaoe.2tc....@weasel.korenwolf.net>
> from The Flying Hamster <hamster...@nospam.wibble.org> contains
> these words:
>> becomes food for the fire in the lounge :)
>
> Nooooooooooooooooo! Especially if there is any bulk to the trunk. I'll
> ohl it from you for molishing gnustocks!
I'll bear you in mind :)
[...]
>> I don't blame, you I'm not exactly looking forward to the job
>> though I do need to get the hands caloused up so they're in a fit
>> state for chainmaille molishing.
>
> I thought you did that with special pliers?
Nope, just a bog standard small set of needle nose pliers and yer
basic stanley pliers+cutters (with optional hole blown in cutting edge
caused by cutting a live 30A loop).
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