There are many things that make wood a wonderful material with which to work among these things, is its smell, it is locally produced and it is never really useless. It is maybe the perfect recyclable product. In our driveway you see the last stage in the life of a tree, and, no all those wood chips didn't come from my shop.
Since we live in a very urban part of the country there are many tree service companies keeping the tree branches out of our utility wire and cutting down the big ol' trees that have lived out their lives. These chips end up as compost some place or as wood chips in people's gardens. This load will be spread around our's and our neighbour's gardens to help hold the weeds down and over time, lighten the heavy clay soil in our yard.
Even as chips for the garden wood is nice to work with, this pile smells really good, there must be some cedar or juniper in the mix and also has almost no green wood. Getting your chips before the growing season is in full bloom means fewer leaves and drier wood.
Davey Tree dropped off our chips, no charge, my favourite price.
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