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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

It probably won't hurt much to have a dry top layer of cedar chips, but 
it does make it a hassle to apply compost or manure.  I just probably 
would not bury these cedar chips with any new mulch, as one would if 
trying to build soil from the old mulch, but scrape it to the side 
temporarily before adding new stuff.

Bill

Melody O. wrote:

> At 11:13 AM 3/7/05 -0800, you wrote:
>  
>
> >  I've learn to detect that smell of red cedar in the 
> > blackened sawdust mix, and politely refuse it.
> >    
>
> Good to know, thanks.  I will change my ways this year.  I have put cedar
> chips on lots of plants (including my strawberries) in the front of the
> house to make the beds pretty.  Oops.
>
>