@Ali–It does need you to talk to it a lot and give it small bites. It jammed on me all the time in the beginning, but we’ve worked out the kinks in our relationship.

@Don–Wow.

@Rowena–local tree companies? like the people that remove them?

@Kimberly–yeah, the goats were asking for it…all that cuteness…it just had to go. And it’s not weird to have compost-envy, it comes with the territory. I don’t even like to think about TL’s compost. It’s to lovely.

@Wanda–I have a goat post in the queue. Long overdue, but it should pop up, maybe, tomorrow? I can’t remember.

@Emily–unless you get a honkin’ one, it won’t easily chip up anything over a inch in diameter, but it’s GLORIOUS. I use it on the bedding and everything. That soil holds water like a sponge. For bigger sticks, I hear busting them open with sledge hammers or something speeds it up.

@Lindsay– I agree about the trimmed trees. Mine look better than ever. I’ll keep hubby in my thoughts as he struggles with the burden of *having* to get another cool machine.