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Do you have enough room for stock-piling truckloads of woodchips?  Research 
your local tree diseases, but I think 3 years is the ticket for breaking most 
disease cycles.
 
Who will bring you truckloads?  Arborists, county road crews, the local power 
or phone company may hire contractors for clearing right-of-ways.  
 
Also, the nearest village or 2 may find it cost effective to dump their 
leaves & woodchips on your site.  I have also gotten individuals to bring me 
their leaves, but for a commercial operation that might be too much fuss.
 
I've also hauled bagged leaves from city curbs.  Never leave town with an 
empty truck.
 


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> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> From: kodama
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:53:04 -0400
> Subject: [NAFEX] Growing Mulch
>
> This may be a silly question, but as I've begun planting and planning
> my modest orchard, I've run into a lack of available mulching
> materials (or more likely, I'm just blind to what's staring me in the
> face). The orchard's in a rural area and there aren't the abundant
> flows of woodchips and leaf-litter found in the urban areas. But, in
> consideration of a future with much less energy to spend on
> woodchippers, I've been wondering what I could use for mulch....
>                                         
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