To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] free mulch not all bad
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:27:52 -0600
We also have to pay for the compost and mulch from the county landfill, BUT
I have found the local tree service trucks have to pay to dump their
woodchips and love to have a site to drop them. I took 10 loads a couple
years ago and used them all as mulch. It was 12'' deep at first, and now
most of it is decomposed, black dirt and I am going to ask for another
bunch. We have no trees that are toxic as I hear some walnut wood is, and I
have never had trouble with any diseases as the piles get very hot very
fast. It's been a great source of free mulch as we are closer than the
county landfill for most trucks.
Jane
zone 3
Woody Creek, CO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Kehler Ewing" <skkewing@yahoo.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] free mulch not all bad
Our local small town also offers mulch, not free though: one price of $50.00
for any size of load. It is great mulch. Only chipped up wood, bush,
shrubs, evergreens, etc. Mind you, up here we don't have fire ants, or
nutsedge and the needles are left to the residents of the big city of
Edmonton.