I use my exisiting lawn mower to shred leaves. This answers many questions regarding building or making your own leaf shredder or mulcher. I have highlighted the steps I do to shred leaves. My yard is full of oak leaves and this works really good.
 |
| shredding leaves with lawn mower or riding mower |
Run your lawn mower in discharge mode. Direction of mower depends upon the discharge side. Idea is to collect leaves in a pile. My mower discharge to right so I run it clockwise as shown in figure 1. The size of the pile depends how many leaves you have. If you get too many leaves then your mower may start stalling.
 |
| shredding leaves with lawn mower or riding mower |
Iclose the discharge chute and convert my mower in to mulching mode and run it over the partially shredded leaves pile. You will be amazed in the reduction in the volume of leaves at this stage.
 |
| shredding leaves with lawn mower or riding mower |
Also read my posting: How to mulch leaves and make compost in your own backyard and Various Leaf Shredders.
Posts
