Such good exotic eats, yum!
I am late to this discussion, but I wanted to add to the shredder conversation. We have used an old heavy lawn mower for our shredding needs for years. Hedge and brush trimmings get chopped up and make a good mulch. I have ivy hedges, butterfly bushes and bamboo and fruit tree trimmings we lightly pile and running over with the bagged mower. Since our city lot isn't large enough to accommodate piles of brush this method mulches better and faster than my cheap shredder did. The stuff is chopped fine enough the ivy never roots and it composts where ever I spread it in the yard fairly fast. The bagged material gets easily moved to where it is most needed. Just wear heavy pants incase of flying stick pieces. This probably wouldn't work for everyone but has certainly been wonderful for my garden/yard.
