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Yep, it can be tough. I've got a shredder and quite a few trees which need trimming every year - pretty much anything I can put through the shredder gets turned into compost. Grass clippings get things really going. I've had temperatures above 70C in my compost heaps. Over time, you get so much more leafy green excess that your ability to make more compost increases.
Note: I have, at times, added urine to the mix - it sounds off, but it's actually good (unless you're taking a cocktail of drugs that don't mix well with plants/worms/bugs etc.).
I usually use grass clippings too. My normal issue is getting enough browns. All our trees and shrubs we've put in ourselves, so they're all small that pruning doesn't really create much material. Have to make do with newspapers and cardboard.
I've slowly started to incorporate permaculture concepts to my gardening, so I'm planning to grow more plants for mulching and composting but its a bit of a balancing act in our small section