Eric Hanson wrote:OK, I will definitely use at least some of the woodchips for mulch. but I bet that even if I apply a nice layer, I still have extra woodchips. How "permie" would it be to use up my 10-10-10 to help decompose those chips? I have the bags, want to rid myself of them and don't really want to use the 10-10-10 directly on soil, niether do I want to throw the stuff away. Would use of the excess 10-10-10 applied to woodchips be a valid means of remediating the stuff? Further, I could add chicken droppings to kick-start the biology.
Ben Zumeta wrote:Mulch mulch mulch all day long..mulch mulch mulch while I sing this song...
The most efficient use of the chips is as mulch on the spot they fell, the next best thing would be around your garden. If you don't mind hearing about how this is what JC would do, Back to Eden Gardening is a very informative film about utilizing woodchip as mulch after using it as chicken litter. You could also replace 99% of his religious references to the big G or JC with scientific terms and be accurate.
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Some places need to be wild
Some places need to be wild
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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." —Albert Einstein
Some places need to be wild