Garden shredder loan for OAPs

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My neigbour and I are clearing a jungle area for a vulnerable 80+ couple, housing association tenants in a first floor conversion who're responsible for the back half of the garden. We've cut back masses of overgrowth and are going to lay down the large woody stems to make a bug hotel, but have a mountain of smaller green waste which we'd like to chip and spread in an attempt to keep down new growth. We'll also be making regular visits to maintain once we've got it all under control! For the moment, though, we need an alternative to chopping every twig by hand or we'll be doing it beyond Christmas.

If you have a garden shredder we can borrow (or buy, if it's not too expensive) that will take growth of up to around 40mm diameter, and deal with the fleshy leaves of a fig, we'd be grateful to hear from you.

Thanks for reading.