Making leaf mulch with our wood chipper

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Hanna's Forest Farm

Hanna's Forest Farm

4 жыл бұрын

One aspect in being sustainable is utilizing the resources you have and limiting external inputs (i.e. store-bought compost, soil, and amendments). Here in Michigan we have always abundance of leaves. When shredded, leaves work great as a mulch and encourage both mycelium and worm activity in your garden. A few ways you can shred leaves are by using a chipper, running them over with a lawnmower, or throwing them into your chicken run.

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@felixyusupov7299
@felixyusupov7299 Жыл бұрын
I use a DP power chipper for the job. They have that top hopper that works really well. I run the leave twice and end up with a really attractive mulch.
@bobbrogley1033
@bobbrogley1033 Жыл бұрын
I did this for more than 25 years with my Kemp 8 HP chipper/shredder. Chopped leaves make wonderful compost, if you have patience, and good mulch. Now, I take my leaves to the township, where it's turned into compost, and I can get all I need.
@jonathanborchardt891
@jonathanborchardt891 Жыл бұрын
DRT fan boy here. Only used the chipper for first couple years. Now it's shredded leaves forever.
@estebanbellegarde5811
@estebanbellegarde5811 Жыл бұрын
Excellent!!! Leaves are not missing! But the shredder is excellent. I guess it doesn't take her long to assimilate into the existing land.
@mn4056933
@mn4056933 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Very simple to do!!
@tas1624
@tas1624 Жыл бұрын
I have been doing something similar for years. Ergonomics and efficiency are the key. I fill several trash cans with leaves and than lay them horizontally on top of another trash can so I feed the chipper for a while. I don't use the bag, I aim the the shoot at a hillside or wheelbarrow and put a piece of panel on the ground to protect the grass, Still takes forever, but I have lots of oak leaves and a lot of area that needs mulch. And the poking stick and ear protection are essential .
@nickduggan3084
@nickduggan3084 Жыл бұрын
Just use a lawnmower. Way faster and easier
@hannasforestfarm3530
@hannasforestfarm3530 Жыл бұрын
Most of the time I do go the lawnmower right cause it saves more time. Only really breakout the chipper/shredder when I want a really fine mulch.
@Guitarzan8
@Guitarzan8 Жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s the finest chop I’ve seen yet! I tried the walk behind mower with the grass catcher method, that is the roughest cut. Some of the leaves don’t even get cut. Bags full of air, sometimes hard to empty the bag onto my compost pile. Next I bought a leaf shredder, the kind with the big funnel on top and weed whip style shredder inside. This works pretty well, but the chop isn’t as fine as your chipper! I like experimenting with efficiency. I wonder what your technique would be like with a hose on the output of your chipper. Point the hose at your garden or compost pile and eliminate 1 step.
@marlenen6130
@marlenen6130 Жыл бұрын
Oh, like 5” accordion black plastic drain hose? That would work good but to be efficient you really need at least two people, one feeding the hopper and one directing the hose. Extra folks (or kids) could rake those leaves to the chipper.
@lawrencelawrence3920
@lawrencelawrence3920 Жыл бұрын
That is a fine mulch just as good if not better than my lawn mower.
@jbnrusnya_should_be_punished
@jbnrusnya_should_be_punished Жыл бұрын
With this amount of dry leaves every year, you can not only make mulch, but also heat the house with it almost for free. But for this you need to grind the leaves into an even smaller fraction and have some kind of press for briquettes.
@dvgayle1
@dvgayle1 Жыл бұрын
I'm looking at the predator chipper shredder from harbor freight. This will be good for leaves too?
@worldcooking
@worldcooking Жыл бұрын
It is interesting how fallen leaves are used as natural fertilizer in agricultural work!
@-sol-8350
@-sol-8350 Жыл бұрын
Just like in nature.
@samueljaramillo4221
@samueljaramillo4221 Жыл бұрын
Use a lawn mower. Almost everyone has a lawn mower. Just run the leaves thru the mower twice. Very few people have chippers. They’re quite expensive.
@tatermater2613
@tatermater2613 Жыл бұрын
I add my unmulched leaves directly onto my garden beds. The question is whether mulched versus whole leaves makes a difference in the long run as far as breaking down and garden productivity. In my garden, the whole leaves are broken down by mid summer. Is the time and fuel costs to mulch leaves worth it?
@tatermater2613
@tatermater2613 Жыл бұрын
@@scout7060 Yes, I just wish that the grass clippings and leaves came at the same time...talk about the rich compost that would make
@manlyhallresearch9785
@manlyhallresearch9785 Жыл бұрын
No. I think the way you suggest works well. I have seen other videos in which people bury branches, too.
@morrismonet3554
@morrismonet3554 Жыл бұрын
@@tatermater2613 I let the lawn grow taller under the trees, then mow and bag the leaves and grass at the same time.
@barnabyvonrudal1
@barnabyvonrudal1 Жыл бұрын
Did that chipper cost much? Looks quite handy
@Bostondads
@Bostondads Жыл бұрын
I have mountain of leaves in my back garden. Do you think this machine can handle it.
@mariuszsiwkow3005
@mariuszsiwkow3005 Жыл бұрын
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@charlescoker7752
@charlescoker7752 Жыл бұрын
Your chipper must have a larger opening in the hopper than most chippers. From the other videos I have seen. Many have abandon shredding leaves. The throat is to small. You can only put a hand full in at a time. With all the leaves you have. You would still be trying to shred Last falls leaves.
@apriln2108
@apriln2108 2 жыл бұрын
What kind of chipper do you have?
@benthepoet
@benthepoet 2 жыл бұрын
It's a Tazz K32.
@stephenmoberg8807
@stephenmoberg8807 Жыл бұрын
Triple mulch with a standard mulching lawn mower
@brucebonkowski9568
@brucebonkowski9568 Жыл бұрын
Dear sir I get yourself a 6x12 trailer build as box and put the shredderj in the trailer ang
@morrismonet3554
@morrismonet3554 Жыл бұрын
I prefer to compost them along with grass clippings and then add them to the garden at planting time.
@curiousbystander9193
@curiousbystander9193 Жыл бұрын
this a better strategy than just dumping uncomposted leaves on the garden each fall.
@MyWissam
@MyWissam Жыл бұрын
(please excuse my ignorance) What is this mulch used for? To enrich the soil, instead of a fertilizer?
@sethmoking
@sethmoking Жыл бұрын
If you pile the leaf mulch thick enough in your garden, it makes an incredible natural weed barrier. In the spring, simply dig out little holes to plant your seedlings and leave everything else covered in leaf mulch. Weeds will be almost zero. At least that's my understanding. I''m going to try it myself this fall.
@garthtaragna8403
@garthtaragna8403 Жыл бұрын
Should have all those leaves cleaned up by next fall! At least you don’t have to store the shredder away 🤷‍♂️
@josefxx-kanal
@josefxx-kanal Жыл бұрын
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@jackgraham3393
@jackgraham3393 Жыл бұрын
Have a DR chipper/shredder, model 400. The shredded product comes out much finer than the one he was using. There is no bag, so do not have to stop and empty it. Have a lot of leaves, but not like this gentleman.
@johnbuyers8095
@johnbuyers8095 Жыл бұрын
Go for an electric shredder and no bag, just scrape the pile to one side
@bjohnston3659
@bjohnston3659 Жыл бұрын
Turns out great stuff I'm sure,but man that looks time consuming
@l800x8
@l800x8 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that has to be slowest way ever to do that. You need a good leaf blower to get the leaves into piles and pick them up with a giant rake to dump into a shredder. That's if you do it by hand. Good grief, if I raked leaves like that and then had to push them into chipper I'd be out there for a couple of weeks. On the other hand, if you're enjoying the outdoors then it's not a bad way to go.
@bustersmith5569
@bustersmith5569 Жыл бұрын
l just use the bagger on rider to get where he is at ....
@jimdomoradzki3309
@jimdomoradzki3309 8 ай бұрын
Why don't you just carry the chipper bag to the garden?
@LiterallyJesusChrist
@LiterallyJesusChrist Жыл бұрын
I just bury a layer of leaves about 8 inches belong my planting depth, and the worms have them gone by the next spring. It really is one of the best things I can do in my area for my planting soil..
@daveshanks8205
@daveshanks8205 Жыл бұрын
"limiting external inputs" .... Then smashing it all up with Fossil Fuels! Not exactly sustainable is it
@grdelawter4266
@grdelawter4266 Жыл бұрын
What you are doing is ridiculously slow, labor-intensive and a pure waste of time. My yard is similar to yours and I just ride around on my lawnmower mowing the leaves while pulling the big lawn vacuum that sucks all the leaves up at the mower discharge and has an extra set of cutting blades inside, I get more of the same leaf mold with 1% of the work! What you doing would be a kin to painting your house with 1 inch paintbrush
@mikeypc3592
@mikeypc3592 Жыл бұрын
Don't you just love self righteous pricks on KZfaq 😂
@starskannan8934
@starskannan8934 6 ай бұрын
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