Western red cedar I presume? It doesn't break down as quickly as fir, so you have to take that into account. I have a lot of it here that I have chipped and used in the garden and they are still around after three or four years, while fir chips become soil in less than two years.
When evil is afoot and you don't have any arms you gotta be hip and do the legwork, but always kick some ... tiny ad:
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