This is Why You Should Use Wood Chips

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There are many reasons why you should use wood chips in your garden. Wood chips provide great benefits for your plants. Often available for free, wood chips can improve soil nutrient levels, suppress and kill weeds, increase soil moisture levels, moderate soil temperatures, and protect soil from damage. Also known as arborist wood chips, they come from the many trees that are cut and trimmed in many cities and towns. Gardener Scott discusses all of those benefits and tells how to get wood chips for free. (Video #102)
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@josephting-zk8ob 3 жыл бұрын

5 (Five) Benefits of wood chips :- 1) Improve soil nutrients, 2) Weeds suppression, 3) Maintaining soil moisture, 4) Moderate soil temperature during summer and winter, 5) Holding soil in place preventing erosion. Mr. Scott, thanks you very much for your informative sharing.

@alibaibahrain 3 жыл бұрын

Good information

@ruthmendieta1140 3 жыл бұрын

Very good summary

@jobird354 3 жыл бұрын

@aNgÉlica dEl ciELo Wood chips are mulch

@Bike_Lion 2 жыл бұрын

@aNgÉlica dEl ciELo - Wood chips are a type of mulch, and they are indeed better than many other types.

@diananutt1517 Жыл бұрын

@ Gardener Scott 🌿🍀🌲🌲🌲 I am enthusiastic about all you said, but I'm worried about getting a load of wood from trees that were sprayed for a certain insect or caterpillar. I wonder how long it would take for all traces of any pesticide to completely disappear. Otherwise, the wood you spoke about is wonderful, but I always need a few bags of pine bark mulch for up close to the house, just because it smells and looks so heavenly!! There again there's a chance of getting some with traces of pesticide.☹️

@Go1US1Marines 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Scott really knows his stuff. I'm a long time master gardener myself, and even I am able to learn new things. Nice presentation.

@michaeljay4213 Жыл бұрын

you are not a master gardener

@landscaperescuewithstuartm6141 3 жыл бұрын

I use arborist chip exclusively at my own house and my flowers and shrubs love it and the bio activity is off the charts, worms everywhere mycorrhizal Fungi, shoot I want to live in my soil. Great content love to watch people that know what they are talking about. Keep up the great work.

@D.A.Hanks14 3 жыл бұрын

Even if you do get a loss of nitrogen from the chips either from contact or mixing them in, you can easily amend that loss by adding urine to the garden. It will put a ton of nitrogen back into the soil. I produce 2-3 gallons of urine a day, so when I need a lot of it for nitrogen-loving plants, I have a specific watering can that becomes a de facto urinal for a few days.

@gibbyrockerhunter 2 жыл бұрын

Ewwwww. Me too. My dwarf fir/pines love it from time to time. Burt used to apparently water his lemon tree every morning. So that’s at least three of us.

@D.A.Hanks14 2 жыл бұрын

@@gibbyrockerhunter Well, it's actually been my secret elixir for years on dawn redwoods. When people contact me regarding their dawn languishing with certain signs, I tell them to pour a fast food soft drink cup full of it around the base of their tree once a month for three months, If it starts growing too fast, stop for the year. Most are leery at first, but everyone has always emailed me back with glowing reports. So yes, your conifers are going to love it as well.

@heidiweinert3260 2 жыл бұрын

I have let my husband add to my compost pile but then I recently read that it might not be the best idea if you are on certain or a lot of medications. Thoughts?

@D.A.Hanks14 2 жыл бұрын

@@heidiweinert3260 Yes, like certain cancer meds, but it all boils down to how long it takes for all of those to break down. When in doubt, throw it out! Your doctor would be able to tell you how long that stuff stays active, or your pharmacist. Excellent question!

@richardlove4287 Жыл бұрын

3 GALLONS a day? How much are you drinking?lol.

@danrubin4506 3 жыл бұрын

Scott: Your videos are absolutely brilliant, perfectly clear and detailed, informative and inspiring. I have been leading garden workshops for almost ten years, and you are clearly one of the best garden educators I have encountered. Thanks so much. Keep up the good work, which is helping hundreds of gardeners understand what they are doing and do an even better job.

@andreaberryman5354 3 жыл бұрын

I mix in different sizes of pine cones and pine needles in regular store mulch-to keep out cats and squirrels-and it makes a huge difference in helping the mulch break down, which yes-improves fertility. So, if you can't get these arbor chips, plenty of people really want to get rid of the needles and cones everywhere. I throw in leaves too. He's right-this combo is perfect! 💗

@AZsmoothrider 4 жыл бұрын

MULCH IN PLACE! I agree with this video and also really support the practice of mulching in place...that means when you thin, trim, prune, etc just chop the material up and leave it to mulch the area it came from. It is a brilliantly simple and sustainable practice. It will quickly fade and blend in with your chips.

@russelltheone6969 3 жыл бұрын

Wood encourages mushrooms, the great decompers; great for trees. Compost encourages many good molds, great for many plants. I like to use both methods and sometimes a layer or blend. Adding a sprinkle of mushroom compost prior to mulch, will help balance the beginning nitrogen loss but will balance the phosphorus well. Happy growing!

@skorch91 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I never knew about Chipdrop. Signed up and within a couple weeks we now have enough to get a good start on keeping weeds out. I can use the hours I save from weeding to watch more of your videos!

@venitaeck8558 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Since I found your channel this past weekend I have been binge watching!! I retired last year in August with full intentions of starting a garden. I finally have some land of my own and all the time in the world. With all the other You Tubers my mind was going every which way and I could not get started!! Then came You!! You calmed my mind down and helped me focus. So if I won't eat it, I won't grow it!! (At least for now.) This video is the one that gave me the push to at least get started. I have a delivery of Chip Drop on the way. (They don't give you a specific time so when it gets here it's here!!) I will take picks and let you know how it's going. Starting with raised beds and tires for containers. So while I wait on the chips, I'm starting a worm farm!! Thank you for giving me the push and the confidence to know I Can do this! Your voice is so calming. I'm going to rewatch this video while I wait. (And more of your other videos). God Bless you Sir!

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Venita. I'm so glad to hear that. You're taking a good approach to gardening. Enjoy it!

@Ojb_1959 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like the luckiest gardener #1 getting truckloads of free fresh wood chips delivered anytime I need them from a tree service contracted by my power company. And #2, every day getting 4 to 10 big boxes of expired produce from my local grocer to mix with the chips. =Free Black Gold 🌱👨🏼‍🌾🌾

@GreenLove1 3 жыл бұрын

So excited to have gotten 10 cu yards of wood chips dropped off earlier this week. I am using it to gradually kill off my lawn and build the soil.I got the same last year too. I will say though that in my dry California weather wood chips take a long time (many years) to fully break down. But I am in no hurry. Seeing the explosion of mycorrhizal fungii in the soil from the wood chips last year makes me happy! It is vastly improving my clayey soil, and what used to be dry and cracking earth just last year is starting to turn into black gold. One huge benefit also is that wood chips are typically safe since, unlike green waste compost or manure, there usually aren't pesticides and herbicides to worry about. And think about those nutrients that the deep tree roots mined and brought into the tree trunk and branches and leaves. Woodchips are truly amazing for your garden!

@movednorthhomestead7244 4 жыл бұрын

I JUST signed up for a CHIP DROP!! Thank you SO MUCH for letting us know about this service!! 🤗

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's great!

@scottaloha8543 3 жыл бұрын

Love your detailed explanations. I was concerned about disease by getting chips and mulch from the community garden but I'm going over tomorrow. My garden will be happier.

@lfg3924 4 жыл бұрын

So glad you mentioned Get Chip Drop. It is one of the best sources I know. Make sure to give good directions so you don't have to quickly move a drop off the neighbors property.

@sunsetfarmohio8964 2 жыл бұрын

I had tree work done and had tons of wood chips from it. I piled it up in big mounds for this spring. Perfect timing for finding this video!

@stacythompson4211 2 жыл бұрын

The Chip Drop was a great suggestion for me. I also bought a couple of straw bales. It’s wonderful. Thank you

@cek7940 4 жыл бұрын

Just signed up for the chipdrop, thank you so much for informing us of such a thing, we had no idea! Blessings to you sir

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to help.

@FloridaGirl- 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Again another great vid Gardner Scott! I was blessed to have an arborist with a big boon next door in Mich. I had him drop all his pine jobs by the barn. Now in FL. i just hooked up with a tree trimmer, who is happy to do the same! They are happy to have a place to dump it free! After soil prep. I’d say woodchips are next! It’s enriched the soil, and saved countless hours of weeding! You give the BEST advice! I give your links to anyone considering a garden! 👍

@80AD 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the tips, Scott. The production team did a fantastic job with this video.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@randomfleming 4 жыл бұрын

Signed up for Chip Drop after seeing this video. Got my first free load of chips in 6 hours. Fantastic! Thank you for the great info!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's great. Thanks for letting me know.

@genesnyder2985 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve signed up and just had to confirm I still want the drop been 7 weeks so far

@minkoil00 4 жыл бұрын

gene snyder I probably won’t ever get a load live in a very rural part of the country. Still if I get lucky I won’t have to hall them all my self.

@ericdee2525 3 жыл бұрын

i wish! im quite a few months in, but we are coming in to fall, so i hope i will get a drop!

@christycoalson36 3 жыл бұрын

I just signed up for a chipdrop yesterday. I'm so excited. I hope I don't have to wait to long

@keithbettany1855 3 жыл бұрын

From Australia, very good presentation of the benefits, it’s what I use on my native garden that I put in to replace my lawn, excellent.

@mattdegooyer5870 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have been using wood chips in the garden beds for years and have observed massive awesome results. I also deposit all my grass clipping in the less utilized areas of my yard and use the wood chips to hide the decaying grass and add carbon content to the “green” content to balance the compost mix ratio and thus break down the free nutrients faster. I mostly appreciate the free wood chip application site. This is a fantastic resource to actually get entire trees that have been chipped. Bagged chips are mostly just the outer bark, which is still good, but a chipped tree is optimum. Thanks for your grassroots effort to impact our earth in a sustainable and provide an earth far better than we started with. I am so glad to see people like you show that nature can provide a net gain to our human efforts, when we do the things that nature does without us messing it up. The forest does not have a sprinkler system or bags of fertilizer being spread out, and it appears to be majestic to me.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate your comment.

@michaelboom7704 2 жыл бұрын

Several weeks ago a large tree was getting a major trim so the questions came out about the wood chips....I ended up with a small load of them which I will happily be using over time....so happy to get a load dropped of on my driveway. It was from a maple tree!

@2fluffybunnies 4 жыл бұрын

last week chipdrop gave me 19 cubic yards. it was awesome! a lot of neighbors came to help with the load. now i have a huge pile in my front yard, it's heating up, can't wait till my composting thermometer so i can see how hot it is. i'm going to sharing your video with other neighbors, hopefully they'll get on board so we can take turns hosting chipdrops in our neighborhood.

@arrrgonot7801 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more! Great advice . I keep a lot of pikes. Some i use readily for a cover, some i let sit for awesome compost. Best stuff ever!

@chappy444 2 жыл бұрын

So many good learning lessons in 14 minutes. Great job!

@kitty4tify 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarifying the difference between wood chips and mulch.

@markgolvani8469 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all of the awesome tips and thorough explanations. Can’t wait to use Chipdrop!

@svennykvist9542 2 жыл бұрын

Having trees cut back today because my homeowner's insurance doesn't want any trees/limbs overhanging roof. Already arranged for arborist to leave the chips but needed to know exactly what you've explained here to be sure this was a good way to go for weed suppression in much of an overgrown yard. You answered all my questions, put any concerns to rest. Subscribed to learn more. And he'll bring me as many chips as I want from future jobs. Saved me $ as he doesn't have to haul any of my stuff away, too!

@sn232 Жыл бұрын

I love the mini-arched trellis from cattle panels at 10:18 in your video. Thanks for your video!

@bobcole3852 2 жыл бұрын

Well done! Been preaching this as a Master Gardener for almost 40 years. I've seen people buy the bark chip mulch, and when you get a "toad strangler/gully washer" they become little boats that float away

@Storesdavidal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gardner Scott For Your Informative Videos.

@rebeccaberg6677 Жыл бұрын

I’ve just had my first chip drop delivered, what a great program!

@dubsbarry9963 3 жыл бұрын

Arborist here...very good info and all very important assets of wood chips. I'd like to add another benefit to the list. Adding 4"-6" of Arborist chips under the dripline of trees (preferably mostly hardwood) does all the things you mentioned but also eliminates root scalping from lawn tractors. Just make sure to keep the mulch off the root flares (or root crowns). In a month or two you'll have earthworms galore, time release organic fertilizer, and vastly improved soil texture. Also I'd avoid cypress and cedar chips. They're touted by marketers for insect resistance near homes but they're both woods that are rot resistant and rotting is exactly what we want with chip mulch.

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent point. In my mulch video I mention mulch as a way to avoid injuring bark with trimmers, but root scalping is also a concern. Thanks.

@IntegratedPestManagement 2 жыл бұрын

Weed suppression is a must..great video! Excited to check out your other videos! Free wood chips definitely available in many places. I love your emphasis on "for FREE!"

@jthomasstthomas 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, and I like your format. It was like a well done essay that gives you the lead up front and then digs into the details.

@samwhittakie 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to make this video and share your knowledge with others. I signed up for getchipdrop.com and will be waiting eagerly for the first load. Thank you once again for your incredibly love, passion and sharing detailed information of the garden.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. I hope you get a chip load. I discovered that there were no arborists in my area participating in chip drop, but hope I can get some this year.

@aftermx 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this, you got it right... IT WORKS. Wish I could Post Pictures.

@Herculesbiggercousin Жыл бұрын

Oh man, Scott thank you for the Chip Drop suggestion! I never knew!! I’m so excited, we’re gardening on a budget and this is just what I needed in time to prep my garden beds for next spring!

@dogslobbergardens6606 Жыл бұрын

I hope ChipDrop works out for you! It didn't for me, but eventually I just happened to be driving past a tree crew at work and formed a friendly relationship with them directly. Keep your eyes peeled for that; it can turn out fantastic if you just network a little. The crew I talked to was thrilled to drop their fresh chips at my place rather than take them to the dump. When I mentioned that i wanted mulch for my gardens they knew exactly what I was talking about and they were very happy to help.

@kathynix6552 Жыл бұрын

Hint: It would be good to see the wood chips before you agree to a drop off. Good companies will send through a photo or two.

@JWHealing Жыл бұрын

@@kathynix6552 I've gotten many loads of arborist chips through chipdrop and it's always been great. I would never ask for a photo first. In our area free chips are in high demand and that would be an instant disqualifier if you asked for photos of your free chips first. Re. photos, perhaps you're thinking of commercially purchased chips rather than free arborist wood chips? With chipdrop / free arborist chips you can specify that you don't want logs.

@Jonas_Fox 3 жыл бұрын

Signed up for Chipdrop. Thank you thank you thank you! Big help as always!

@nathansmith22 Жыл бұрын

This is the best video I’ve seen on this subject yet. Thank you!

@luvelyjay 3 жыл бұрын

As always... an excellent job on this video.

@lornabartlett2744 4 жыл бұрын

You answered all of my questions, I was quite concerned with introducing foreign bugs and eggs in larvae of infestation into the property such as Japanese beetles. 🐞🦗🌳🌲🌴🍁 Thank you very much for this video information that's exactly what I need to know & appreciate it very much👍👩‍🌾🇨🇦

@bridgetbean79 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you speak so clearly so I can understand 🥸 I’m moving to a place soon with some land. Not much but more than my little backyard currently! I am anticipating I will need to amend my new soil and help mulch it on top. Trying to learn what I can! Want to dive in to get ready for spring planting!

@Pznluv6 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is an answer to hopes and prayers for me. What a great service to offer and helps out everyone.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@brianrogers6731 Жыл бұрын

We get several truck loads a year from Chip Drop, Ranger Texas is very rural and lots of power lines are trimmed of trees every year. We have 4 piles in various stages of breaking down and we use the final stage as soil amendments since it's dark black the earthworms and nature have done their work, we till about 4-6 inches every year in late winter, does wonders for the garden and the chips are free.

@theleastcreative 3 жыл бұрын

This video was so concise and helpful, thank you so much!

@chargermopar 3 жыл бұрын

This is why I bought a used chipper from a tree service. I trim a lot of trees and also get landscape waste dropped off for a fee, which I chip into mulch I use to compost my property. Have chipped tons of landscape waste and spread chips all over the 5 acres here. It is also a good idea to have a tractor or skid steer if you deal with a lot of chips.

@emilyprince5964 4 жыл бұрын

Just signed up! First time gardener and home owner here! This video is just in time, I need lots of mulch for our landscaping and our first garden! thank you!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Emily. welcome to the channel. I'm glad I could help.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Emily. welcome to the channel. I'm glad I could help.

@jeaniedeveau164 7 ай бұрын

I talked the arborist doing my neighbors trees into dumping their full load in my driveway. I know the trees and their health and was happy to get cherry Laurel and camphor chip for my yard, garden, driveway and Chicken run for my Florida Sandy soil.

@lifeisgood070 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it crazy that my city charges $20 per load? Wild…. And you have to pick it up and shovel it yourself with a trailer and I just end up calling local arborists who will drop it off for free.

@paulriley7523 4 жыл бұрын

Watching from south of France ... been researching on buying my own wood chip machine as have quite a lot of grounds including woodland that I am always clearing and end up having huge bonfires... loved this video and as soon as c19 lock is over off out to buy a machine! Thanks for all the insights! One new subscriber happy!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

I think that is a good plan. I bought a wood chipper many years ago and used it a lot. Welcome to the channel!

@chukwuemekaonyema2716 3 жыл бұрын

I just got a free load, way more than i know what to do with it. Over $100 worth of mulch. Glad to hear all the benefits. Using it around all my trees and borders

@TheTrock121 Жыл бұрын

I use wood chips in all my Perennial Gardens. I also spread wood chips in the chicken run in the Spring. The chickens dig through them all year and I mix the half composted mixture w/ enough greens to finish composting them over the Winter. This allows me to produce about 3 yards of compost a year.

@kathynix6552 Жыл бұрын

Gotta love chickens

@stanmack6171 4 жыл бұрын

Subscribed and signed up for chipdrop. Thanks for sharing!

@alexmacla8967 2 жыл бұрын

very infprmative, rhank you! im a farmer here in the Philippines! god bless! ❤️

@brandonbest8489 2 жыл бұрын

This video inspired me to look up chip drop.. I signed up two days ago. Today I have 18 cubic yards of arborists mulch!

@dtailsandpics 4 жыл бұрын

Scott, Thanks for the info for Chipdrop! Just starting out into this Gardening chapter.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Good for you, Steven.

@OakKnobFarm 4 жыл бұрын

We have a small wood chipper and have also embraced the wood chip concept. We are clearing forest to make orchard, as well as clearing to reduce fire danger. Our best wood is milled to lumber. Second best becomes firewood. And the "scrap" becomes chips. We're currently using it in our berry patches, and LOVING the results

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Good for you! My berries are the first to receive the wood chips.

@tameruykal 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your advises. I am already using your methods in my garden and getting great results....

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's great. Thank you.

@charliepugh9436 Жыл бұрын

I never fail to learn incredible valuable information on how to improve my knowledge of my gardening skills 👌

@annelliott6653 4 жыл бұрын

Hi woodchips are great, I first learned about it from the back to Eden with Paul Gautschi, on utube I've had 2 drop offs and it's great for plant's and I put them on my plant pot's.

@mainemountainman3743 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for addressing the nitrogen issue, I was wondering about that.....

@markgolvani8469 3 жыл бұрын

Signed up for Chip Drop after seeing this video. Got my first free load of chips in 6 hours. Fantastic! Thank you for the great info!

@p-treegardening8366 2 жыл бұрын

I just added a layer of wood chips to my garden.. I’m excited to see how well it works Thanks for sharing!!

@kentackywoodwood8356 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done. Thank you Scott.

@39Thorns 3 жыл бұрын

Back to Eden with Paul Gautsche is a must watch on this subject.

@katiecannon8186 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks !

@paolomaggi8188 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! very clear explanation....to morrow i will start looking for woodchips!

@jasonbuzzard3127 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic information.. especially the explanation on disease transfer common non-transfer. Be blessed and happy gardening..

@swhabby 4 жыл бұрын

Been using Arborist chips for years. Xeriscaped my front and back yard with chip and stone. Received may rave reviews and it was FREE. Also works great as weed control on back and side lane of my property. Also used it in my dog run. Neutralizes urine and fecal smells.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's great!

@marshaferron5374 4 жыл бұрын

Thank God I watched this video to the end 😆 and looked at the description box and clicked on the chip drop website. Cause we need this in our garden. Tired of pulling up weeds, cant wait to lay down 6 INCHES 😁🤣 of wood chips.

@mattykay7852 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Woodchips and mulch 😄

@CRHall-ud9mq 4 жыл бұрын

Love this channel ...Love wood chip too. Here in west of England is very wet, but then very dry periods in summer (and global weather extremes increasingly affect), but wood chip also soaks up excess water to protect soil from water logging, as well as from drought. First time tried wood chip as mulch, but since then partially composting it first works really well.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Thanks for the info about your chips.

@domagojkovacic1658 4 жыл бұрын

your every video is so amazing , explains everything in great detail and so methodologically logical :D they are mind broadening as well - like to have city provide materials for gardening :) you teach more than just about gardening

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@dorisafejuku968 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I found the video very educative.

@dreamqueen9909 6 ай бұрын

I am glad that I found you in KZfaq . Thank you so much

@harryosborne6103 4 жыл бұрын

Found your channel a few days ago, been enjoying the videos, lots of great information! Wish I would have saw this video before buying my mulch, but I did sign up for future mulching needs. Thank you!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@oOSabianOo 4 жыл бұрын

I'm new to your channel, 2 vids so far and I love your content!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ippolitius 4 жыл бұрын

I was surprised, it was legitimate and I received a delivery.

@putheflamesou 4 жыл бұрын

I also bag up fresh grass dumped at the city place makes great mulch behind stuff and spread/mix on my compost scraps. Nothing like a couple bags in the car trunk when exercising the pooch!

@Johnny53kgb-nsa 3 жыл бұрын

You answered my concerns, termites. Thanks

@amazingtbone 4 жыл бұрын

I love wood chips. They really tie the yard together.

@elizabethbaughan9057 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying that for me, as thought the wood chips would steal TOO MUCH NITROGEN FROM SOIL AND PLANTS. Love your show.

@steven-ky2ps 2 жыл бұрын

I bought several loads of woodchips from our county dump which takes in tree branches and stuff. Some of it broke down good, but it had lots of super hard wood chips in it too, that after 3 years still haven't started to get soft.

@raymonddavis331 2 күн бұрын

Thanks! I did this over the spring and we had about 140 cubic yards delivered for my fruit orchard.

@GardenerScott 2 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@farmerbobsgarden5554 4 жыл бұрын

i use wood chips as the brown material for my compost bins. it works very well.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

It does. Thanks for sharing.

@getchipdrop 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the shoutout!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

So glad to help. Many gardeners have already benefited. I'm looking forward to when it is available in my area of Colorado Springs.

@greenhousefun3235 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. My neighbor put a sign on his pile of woodchips. FREE. I've been over there many many times. People are constantly looking at me gathering the wood chips. I can't believe people aren't in line grabbing all they can.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. You're lucky so take full advantage of it.

@mikeburke1348 3 жыл бұрын

Scott. Very, very good video. Thank you sir.

@Christian-jx3nx 2 жыл бұрын

Modern Homesteading did a soil analysis on this. Tilled plants no compost vs woodchips on second garden plot after two years. The woodchips plot had almost no nitrogen but did have other nutrients at moderate levels. I think woodchips are mostly for our convenience of weed suppression.

@JWHealing Жыл бұрын

There are intelligent ways to account for the nitrogen loss that may come from accidental mixing of wood chips and soil. For example when I work my mostly-annual beds I add composted chicken manure that I buy in bags, and that is very rich in nitrogen as well as lots of bacterial life for my soil. Blood meal is another easy option to add nitrogen.

@mikelemire1955 4 жыл бұрын

yup mulch or wood chips... best kept secret and environmentally friendly...

@doreendiorio8598 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks for the Chip Drop and other tips. We have a pile from them in the yard that we're ready to spread. :)

@tanyamelfar705 3 жыл бұрын

Great information! Thank you!

@pastulio1237 3 жыл бұрын

My park just chopped up a bunch of trees and left all the wood chips, I'm gonna be stocking up on free wood chips now lol thank you so much scott

@karenlatham4053 4 жыл бұрын

I bought a small wood chipper for my birthday 😁. We always have branches and this way I can use them in my gardens.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's a great gift. 🙂

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's a great gift. 🙂

@Mrbfgray 4 жыл бұрын

I got one my neighbor was tossing out last Spring. Works well enough but it takes hours to get a few cart loads when I can get 100 carts from a typical truck load so I'm may get rid of 5hp chipper. I burn my brush piles and quench the coals for "biochar" for the most part.

@karenlatham4053 4 жыл бұрын

We aren't allowed to burn here :( . I wish I could.. So it's off to the land fill or I grind them up. Every little bit helps.

@Mrbfgray 4 жыл бұрын

@@karenlatham4053 Understood. Nothing clean organic leaves my land, I'd pile logs and brush to rot first, shovel some dirt on 'em to speed the process, way outback, sort of ultra slow composting, it works but takes a few yr.s. Also can be used as bottom fill for high raised beds, I'm saving large limbs for that...use some 6 to 8" diameter limbs for temporary low raised bed rimming for containment and definition. I'm just out of city limits for good reason. Learned how to stack burn pile taller than wide using canted in limbs around the outside, high density 8 to 10 ft high, top down ignition, DRY material....hot mostly smoke free burn. Several times per yr. I simply have too much to chip and half of it wouldn't even fit in the chipper. A pile that takes 90+ min to burn would take me days to chip. Plus I get a couple cart loads of biochar, a permanent forms of soil enhancement, of course white ash is also used. It's ALL good fun. :D

@farhanar6572 3 жыл бұрын

Love your informative videos. Thank you .

@TheSchellb 4 жыл бұрын

Been doing this also, but I get mine from our trees when they get trimmed. Also use my fall leaves that I have been mulch for my flower and vegetable gardens.

@lucyenemaku8801 3 жыл бұрын

I only have access to sawdust/wood shavings from the sawmill. Can I use them as mulch even when I don't know the type of wood used?

@icebob8555 4 жыл бұрын

Just signed up for chip drop gonna do my whole backyard

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@leonidberman18 4 жыл бұрын

How?

@perryd5574 4 жыл бұрын

I signed up with ChipDrop and got a huge load 4 days later. Pine chips that smell wonderful. Totally worth it especially since it costs nothing.

@lfg3924 4 жыл бұрын

Hope you have a big yard. I got a drop of about 20 to 25 yards and I'm having a heck of a time hiding the excess. Don't get me wrong, I am happy I have this problem In fact it should be called GetChipAwesome.com

@bhorstkotte 4 жыл бұрын

I signed up too but the 20 yard load scared me off, I don’t need nearly that much, small yard