Comments on: What is a tub grinder?

By: Meghan

Meghan — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:58:40 +0000

Martha how do they "screen" the chips that have been decaying for a while? How long does the pile decay after being chipped until you screen? Do you turn the pile of decaying chips at all during the time they wait until they are screened? I would love to know more!

-Meghan

By: Lulu

Lulu — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:42:03 +0000

wow this thing is huge! Does anyone know what is the conveyor belt made of? rubber?

By: Elzbieta

Elzbieta — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:50:06 +0000

Witaj Martho Witam Cie bardzo serdecznie.
Czesto na kanalach Tv Polskiej ogladam Twoje programy, ktore ogladam z zaciekawieniem.
Serdeczne Ciebie pozdrawiam z Polski.
Elzbieta Zarzecka

By: Diana Tolbirt

Diana Tolbirt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:24:05 +0000

Thank you, I have watched you since a Thanksgiving special on PBS in 1989.
You should have a PHD in Domestic Arts!!

Thanks, Diana

By: HBE

HBE — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:49:09 +0000

There is a new book published about the Forest Service. How it started how it almost disappeared due to under funding b Congress in the very early years. President Teddy Roosevelt picked his college roommate to head the agency. Just an interesting tidbit in the historic legacy of this choice and the imprint this person made. Pynchon was his name ?? something with a P anyway-- it was a tremendous forest fire out west during 1901 that as often things go changed the course of history. Please read the book by Michael something or other -- oh I guess I could bookmark this and fill in these blanks-- but terry gross interviews the chap a few weeks back interesting stuff that fresh Air

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:09:13 +0000

Martha, that's not "gardening"...it's FARMING.

By: Elizabeth Gage

Elizabeth Gage — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:50:33 +0000

"Major" is right (major equipment, major logs, major chips pile}. I had no idea.

By: Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:49:34 +0000

For Esther and Beck HK - I wouldn't hesitate grinding any wood in a tub grinder with the exception of any poison ivy vines and poison sumac, as they have irritating qualities. Also, the only wood that I burn in my fireplaces is hard, non-resinous woods. Pine resins are dangerous, as they coat the chimney flue and can cause a fire there.

By: ann

ann — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:18:46 +0000

What a day when having Grinder came!!
Dakota has few trees but my 3 spruce grew too tall for my front yard.
A wonderful lumberjack, named Raymond Crane came and took them out.
The whole town misses their towering inspiration of 50 years.
It seems they were holding me back and now I can see the big sky.

By: IowaCowgirl

IowaCowgirl — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Martha, I don't own one of these, but do rent one about four times a year. We have run beef cattle and grind large cornstalk bales, straw bales, and hay bales. A huge mountain is made - just as your wood chips - and we use a skid loader to feed this to our cows.

I took photos of the behemoth working last year and sent it to the tub grinder owners in their Christmas card!