Compost mulcher

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32879, 30 March 1972, Page 13

Compost mulcher

lot of garden refuse Much is consigned to the compost heap is bulky, and takes a considerable time to break down. Often it is desirable to mix up more coarse material with finer matter but it is a slow and tedious process, particularly if there is a considerable quantity to handle. Soil shredders are available but these overseasmanufactured products are too big and expensive for average garden use. Now, however, a local compost mulcher has been put on the market. It has been designed “to prepare organic materials —leaves, grass, clippings, plant stalks, primings, vegetable, garbage and paper either for later use on the compost heap, or to be put straight back on the garden as a mulch.

The machine looks a bit like a hovercraft, rotary lawn mower and wheelbarrow in one.

All housings are made from strong aluminium and it is powered by either a 4 h.p. two-stroke engine or a single phase electric motor. The actual job of breaking up the material is achieved by means of long-lasting flail cutters which are replaceable.

The mulcher is easy to handle and can be wheeled, just like a barrow, to the job. All material including sticks up to a diameter of about one inch is fed into the hopper and ejected below in a chopped-up state. If a bag is placed across the disposal point it can be filled automatically saving double handling, if derjred.