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
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Planted clover late fall and turned it over in March.
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.
Leaftide — garden tracker I built for tracking fruit trees & veg
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing happen to wood chips as that is just amazing.
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