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Jared Stanley wrote: We have also used hay as a covering, but then hay is expensive and/or requires expensive, loud, fuel burning machinery to create as well.
Matu Collins wrote:
For that matter, how about a people powered sawmill...
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Matu Collins wrote:There's got to be a better way! I'm thinking something with gears. We know how to make physics work for us.
I often think of oxen, perhaps when the whole fossil fuel based system breaks down people will be more motivated to keep and breed oxen.
How about an ox/draught horse powered engine that could have a sawmill attachment and a chipper attachment?
I get the idea of wood chips breaking down too fast but my farm eats mulch as fast as I can find it. I'm greedy for them. What would the alternative be? Spoiled hay is great for gardens of I can get it, not good for paths. I use old boards for straight paths when I can. Mowed clover is really nice for paths but labor intensive, especially with the reel mower. (Perhaps this question is worthy of its own thread. I searched for path threads and didn't find what I was looking for.)
Su Ba wrote:
I have a Mighty Mac hammermill shredder/ chipper that I use at least weekly for processing brush and small tree trimmings.
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Jared Stanley wrote:Su Ba,
Sounds like we might have the same equipment. I have the 12PT. We got ours because we thought wood chip mulch was the way to go. Since there is a mulch company only 1.5 miles away, nobody will bring me the free wood chippings - they will drive right past me and go there, as it is still on the way to the highway.
We have enough wood to supply our needs, so long as we have the equipment and are willing to put in the physical effort required.
Su Ba wrote:
I have a Mighty Mac hammermill shredder/ chipper that I use at least weekly for processing brush and small tree trimmings.
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R Scott wrote:I have played with the shredder making chopped straw for cob and shredded cardboard for worm beds--both work well but still slow.
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Nicholas Mason wrote:
Paul hates wood chippers because he is an extreme personality. If there is a extreme side for him to be on he will be on it.
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mike mclellan wrote:Dale,
I have the same model and HP of yours. I only use it when I "have" to ( like we cut 27 trees down to make an area usable and safer near the house and the slash pile was terrifying to behold. I tell ya, Russian olive fights you all the way until it is chipped. Hate cutting that stuff!) The stink and noise of the chippers get old after about 2 minutes. I will say though, that as dry it is here in Montana and previously Wyoming, it takes many years for any sizable piece of wood to break down in the dry country. I only have so many years left on terra firma and a whole lot to do to get this place growing a variety of plants we can use/eat so I chip (therefore I am). I have lately found excuses to bury branches in smaller hugel mounds and thus the chipper stays in the shed. Using a local tree service as a chip source has provided enough chips to keep me busy spreading them this winter. Love the expression "fiddle pissing". Is that a Canadian thing? Cheers. Now quit sending us YOUR cold air!
minyamoo metzger wrote:
So even though I don't have one I want one, because I don't have a truck, or time to drive places.
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