Two or three years ago the electric utility tree trimmers left a mountain of wood chips on my mother's farm at my request. This stuff now is a rich brown and looks a lot like peat moss. How can I use it? It would be from all sort of deciduous trees maybe some walnut.
rotted wood chips
beausMom, you might ask this question over on the Soil and Compost Forum. Those folks have a lot of expertise about soil and compost. I do know that there is some danger in using chips from a black walnut tree.
http://www.treeboss.net/juglone.htm
Black Walnut secretes juglone from its roots & leaves as mentioned on that great link on the previous post. It is a natural Herbicide so it may not be the best choice for mulch
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