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 01-23-2007, 12:22 Post: 139071
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  Sawdust for garden mulch

Frank, sawdust makes excellent compost, and in very small quantities even makes a good soil amendment, but as a mulch it's a poor choice, mostly because it attracts insects, and it actually encourages propogation of weeds by holding moisture at the surface and acting as a rooting medium. The weeds can actually grow i sawdust itself.

Weed control is one of the principle roles of mulch.

However, if you compost that sawdust properly, including Ph balancing it as it brews, maybe add in some raw manure as you go, you will definitely be her hero!!

We use a LOT of composted sawdust and duck manure from a local commercial duck producer. You can get rocks to grow in that stuff!! Wink yeah right

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EW, yup, we sure do, LOTS of it.

As they say in the newspaper business.... Read all about it!!

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Frank, if you can spare some timbers or something and make a 3 sided box, even if only out of pallets stood on end,
so as to hold the material into a tighter pile, it will compost a lot faster.

If you can add a little 'hot stuff' such as a bucket load or two of fresh manure from a neighbouring farm it will also help a lot. As will turning it every week or so will it simmers along. If you use the FEL to carry the fresh sawdust out, just stick the bucket down in and roll the pile over while you're there.

We use very large interlocking concrete blocks stacked up on a poured slab to make it easy, but we also make a lot of it, so it matters in our case.

If properly composted you can have it ready to use in as little as a few months under the right conditions.

Maybe in a harsh winter an old tarp thrown over it might not hurt either.

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