We are in the chips!!!!
For over a decade, it seemed that for one reason or another (mostly deer), we were thwarted in moving forward with our woodland garden project. Since the tree fall of November last year, (which we initially thought a disaster but now see the blessings), circumstances have led us to believe that we are now in God's timing for working on the garden in earnest! Kimmy and I are very grateful and having a blast!
This past growing season we had marvelous success dividing and transplanting hundreds of hosta, the vast majority of the plants we purchased are doing great, a well timed rainy season and now, lots and lots of wood chips!
I never would have thought it possible that we would be able to mulch roughly an acre. This is some serious work (my watch tells me I had 900 active minutes last week), but Kimmy and I find it joyful. It turns out arborists are happy to bring you their wood chips for free, since it saves them time, fuel costs and disposal costs. Wood chips are awesome mulch, great for plants and we love the smell of the various trees from which it came, including cedar, pine, oak, maple, etc.
We never know when the next load might be coming, as we only receive chips when Pete's tree or Brittian tree happen to be working in the area, so we are doing our best to spread the mulch as soon after we receive it as we can. Amazingly, we are approximately half way though mulching our entire garden area!
