Free Wood Chippings

[swapsome2002]

A newbie Hi all :)

Just something i found while surfing the net :)
Free woodchippings for certain areas, hope these are useful to some one :)

http://www.ringwood.gov.uk/News_and_Weather/2008/January/Free-Wood-Chippings-and-Mulch-for-Ringwood-Residents.html

http://www.surreyheath.gov.uk/news/news.htm?mode=10&pk_news=254

http://www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/content/sandwelldirect/environmentdirect/cleanup/woodchippings.en;jsessionid=b88Mn_4onjT8

[swapsome2002]

[Baaaaaaaa]

I get all the wood chip I want from my local tree surgeon.

He normally has to pay the council to tip them.

I get chips for nothing, he saves £38 every time.

[manicscousers]

hiya, swapsome, welcome to the site, no good for us but I'm sure someone can use the links  ;D

[swapsome2002]

Hi no use to me either but thought might be for others :)

[caseylee]

my council delivers them free to us aswell, we got stacks the other day

[saddad]

Hi Sawpsome and welcome to the site...
;D

[caroline7758]

What do you do with them, apart from paths?

[caseylee]

thats all I used mine for was paths along my raised beds

[Chilipepper]

Hi does anyone know if you can get them up in the north east?

[Baaaaaaaa]

Use mine for mulching the garden in the spring and mulching the plot over winter - just dig 'em in in the spring for water retention as i'm on sandy soil.

[manicscousers]

we mulch around all the fruit trees and bushes  :)
wish we could get loads delivered to us, we have to bag it and drive 5 miles for it, but at least we don't pay for it  ;D

[calamityjayneuk]

Hi Manicscousers

We got some fine woodchippings from a factory - broom handles that had been put through a shredder. I thought someone had said they used on their fruit bushes, it must have been you.

Can I pick your brains? I was going to put them around my autumn raspberries, but then some people on here think that's a bad idea - have you tried this?

cj  :)

[manicscousers]

hiya, calamityjane, don't know what your broom handles would've been treated with or what wood..I'd be a bit wary .. :-\

[calamityjayneuk]

Hmmmmm never thought of that!

I think they were just bare wood, but maybe I'd best use them on the paths.

Thanks ;)

[tricia]

Anybody know a free source in the southwest?

Tricia

[Mushy Pea]

Hi does anyone know if you can get them up in the north east?

Hi Tracyr2

We recently picked some up from our local tree surgeon just outside of Durham. Only cost a donation to the lads Xmas party fund!  ;D

We managed to put some down in between the raised beds as paths.

Mushy Pea

[Baccy Man]

What do you do with them, apart from paths?

Ramial chipped wood, mulch & growing mushrooms.

If anyone is having difficulty finding a source then just phone your local tree surgeon they will usually be happy to drop them off by the lorryload as they have to pay to dump them.

[Chilipepper]

Hi mushy pea i have searched the internet etc for a tree surgeon near darlington without avail, do you have the name of the one you got the chippings from?
Thanks

[caroline7758]

Ramial ???

[Baccy Man]

Ramial Chipped Wood is a mycoremediation technique. It is explained here:
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_org_research.php?id=69

Before you ask mycoremediation is a form of bioremediation & bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the natural environment altered by contaminants to its original condition. Essentially it is advanced composting.