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From wood Chips to Potting Soil

 
Dennis Bangham
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I have been getting large piles of Wood Chips delivered for free.  The tree service drops them off the way home.
I would let the pile sit for a while and after some rain I would flip it over.  Saw steam coming out most of the time.  
After a while ( 2 to 3 years)  I noticed the chips were breaking down with out the addition of any greens.

I was very surprised to see the amount of nutrients in the soil.
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Starting to look like soil
Starting to look like soil
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Planted clover late fall and turned it over in March.
Planted clover late fall and turned it over in March.
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I've been doing something similar, just on a smaller scale. Pile of chips from a neighbour's tree surgery sat for about two years and when I finally dug into it the bottom layer was this gorgeous dark crumbly stuff. Didn't add anything to it either. I mix it into raised beds now and the worms seem to love it.

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Beautiful!  Thanks for sharing happen to wood chips as that is just amazing.

Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
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