Wild Tip: Getting a Ton of Free Mulch
My approach to homesteading relies on a ton of woodchips. At least when it comes to preparing the land for future planting.
Most of the time this means driving out to places that give away woodchips. But that means loading and unloading it all myself.
Plus, I can't fit that much mulch in a truck which results in a lot of driving and a lot of time.
What is best is to get woodchips delivered for free from tree service companies, utilities, or other groups.
This week I struck gold!
The county is doing work all along the road that I live on clearing low hanging branches. This is a long road with a lot of trees. So the result is a lot of woodchips!
So far I have gotten 2 full loads equaling about 20 cubic yards and I have room for 2 more loads! All free and delivered to my homestead!
That could be the same as 20+ pickup truck loads!
I'm very glad I stopped and chatted with the crew on my way to work. So if you see crews chipping up trees or branches try stopping and talking to them. You might just end up with a ton of free woodchips!
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Looks like more than a tonne!
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Lol, yeah :)
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Man thats AWESOME... we did the same once, keeping an eye on for em next time they are clearing for powerlines. Congratulations
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Thanks! Yeah, this is going to make my life much easier for the next couple months. I'm very excited! :)
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My husband groans everytime I 'find' mulch. I argue it keeps him fit and manly 😂😂
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Lol, my wife is happy that I won't be spending hours driving to pickup mulch and then more time unloading it. Saves me days worth of work :)
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Oooh - Scored! Mostly I'm a bit anti free woodchips cos they're so often chemically treated waste-wood, but this sounds the REAL DEAL! I have a small shredder machine that I bought for about $210 here in Thailand that use to mulch all our twigs and bigger dry waste - shreds it up nicely for straight onto the garden or to help speed up the compost. GREAT investment - recommended.
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Yeah, I get that concern. Here most of the free woodchips are clean from chemicals. I'm careful about that and as long as the woodchips are not from fruit trees it seems to be safe. People do spray their fruit trees so I avoid those. But most of the woodchips I get are from native trees and people don't seem to worry about spraying them. I like it the best when I know the woodchips just come from branches like these recent loads since then I know no trees were cut down to make the chips. Thanks for the comment!
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well done! That's a lot of woodchips!
Thank you! :)
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That's quite the pile of wood chips!
:) I will need to get even more to do all that I want to do. I don't like it when I run out of wood chips!
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