Woodchip compost.

[Stringfellow]

Hi Charles. 2-3 years ago you were donated a nice sized heap of wood chips from a tree surgeon and I wondered if these had turned in to usable compost yet? Perhaps it’s already been spread on your garden….if so, what was the quality of the compost like and its consistency?

Your garden is a picture, as ever, and thanks for your help.

[charles]

Those chips sat in a heap for two years and then I spread them on my asparagus area, when they were mostly dark and decomposing, but still woody. Some of the chipw were a bit big.
Best wood is green if you can get it, i.e. chips of this year’s growth. The French call it ramial, and use it for mulching certain plants, and paths especially.

[Stringfellow]

Thanks for the info and, if I ever obtained some greens for ramial composting, I’d use them on the paths and save my best compost for the beds. Good to know that they become usable eventually 🙂

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