do you or would you dump yard waste in the woods?
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Comments (5)Do try the scones. Jeffrey, we need a Mozart violin sonata, very soft, please....See MoreWhat would you do with this blank spot in my yard?
Comments (1)Here are some more pictures. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: More Photos...See Moretownship yard waste question
Comments (8)usually it is chipped/shredded and then hot composted and over here most turn it through the process (as the crow flies we are app" 3 kilometers from the tip and on the right beeze the stuff has a fair smell). i have found you can get weed seeds in it as there are no guarantees with composting that all seeds will be destroyed. now i can't say what might happen from place to place? but over here commonly all and any wood product gets shredded, along with the green waste that is old furniture etc.,. and i have seen cca timber in the piles. they also add in what they call low grade industrial waste, they say they test for toxic levels but they are always below the level they or someone who supports them sets??? so i guess you do some research and figure what in your town or any other towns near by could end up in the compost. i use this stuff over here but only a bag here and there. what toxins maybe in it? i have no idea and i am surely not going to pay for expensive testing to fnd out, to go that way i would first stop using the stuff, is there any negative effect again you would never know as it is unlikely to be blatanty obvious. if you mulch heavily that should take care of nearly all the weeds the rest you should pull as soon as they sprout, i can't see any real issues from that end. len Here is a link that might be useful: lens garden page...See MoreWood chips from local brush/yard waste collection area?
Comments (2)My dad got a couple of large truck loads of ground up trees, vines, etc. from the power company as they cleaned under the electric lines. It was a mixture of lots of organic material, along with some aluminum cans and other roadside debris. He put that on his garden and it did fine, although there were some new weeds introduced to the area from those loads of clippings. One concern would be the amount of nitrogen that the newly placed mulch would "wick" out of the garden soil during the decomposing process. A soil test would tell you what was going on with the soil, and maybe what additional amendments might be recommended. As I said, it was no problem in our case, but I can imagine that if there is weedkiller, or other undesirables present, such a load of mulch could become a bit of a headache...maybe an expensive "freebie." Good luck. Let us know what you decide. Shamrock in Va...See Moreannie_nh
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