Q. We are taking down several trees on our property I would like to chip up the branches to make mulch for our gardens. I read that freshly ground wood chips steal nitrogen from the soil. Is this true ...

Learn how to use wood chips effectively, control garden pests with trap cropping, and simplify composting with trench methods.

Last spring, I spent hours digging raised beds in an 80-by-130-foot community garden plot. The weeds were fierce, and although the walking paths were nice, they became overrun by the overzealous ...

Often underrated, there are many brilliant ideas for landscaping with wood chips. Affordable, sustainable and easy to source, this amazing waste product of the timber industry is an attractive and ...

My bean, squash, cucumber and pepper plants are stunted and yellow in color. We cut down a huge maple tree and tilled all the wood chips from the cuttings into the garden to improve the soil this ...

Twenty years ago, I heard that you shouldn't use wood chips as a mulch because they tie up nitrogen in the soil as they decompose, preventing the plants from using it. Ten years ago I heard that it is ...

Q: We have a large pile of wood chips after running prunings through the chipper/shredder - mostly ornamental pear and apple branches, various twigs and some pine-tree cuttings. How long before we can ...

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Q: I want to cover a 30-by-100-foot garden in wood chips because it is on a slope, and the soil drains so fast that it has lost a lot of its nutrients. Where can I get free wood chips? — Merle Need, ...

An old-world gardening approach can help solve some of the most frustrating yard issues, especially in hot, dry climates ...

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Hyun Tae, of Midland, shovels wood chips into the bed of his pickup truck next to the Midland Community Center and Central Park off East Collins Street. Tae said he planned on using the wood chips for ...