Unsupported opinions say: Fresh wood chips from live trees leach nitrogen from the soil and must be accompanied by soil amendments when used on plantings; and fresh wood chips should be composted ...

Although fresh chips from tree pruning and removals look great for mulch and compost, there are some hidden issues. First, fresh wood chips can be very acidic (sometimes down around a pH of 4) which ...

Stores are now awash with wood and bark chips. Besides the usual supply available at nurseries and garden centers, clean white bags of chips are also neatly stacked in front of hardware stores, ...

Q: As you know, shredded bark mulch is beneficial for plants in conserving soil moisture, suppressing weed growth, tempering soil temperature and adding organic material. Does wood mulch adjacent to a ...

Wood chips can be used as mulch, in compost, and to make pathways in the garden. Wood chips are an easy and affordable way to give your garden a boost. They're commonly used as mulch to suppress weeds ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...

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Q: We had a big tree surrounded by ivy cut down last summer and the stump ground. But that left us with a very large sawdust/wood-chip pit where weeds didn't even grow. Rather than pay someone to ...