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Last weekend I put down a load of weed supressing material around my soft fruit bushes. I want to put some wood chip or bark on top of this if possible and am currently trying to source some as cheaply as possible. Anybody know where's best to get some?
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Contact your local council - sometimes the parks department gives it away for free (though it's usually a huge amount). -
We contacted some local groundsmen - who were strimming and shredding near our plots.
Now they deliver to us every week in summer, for free.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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We have a tip near us and we can get ours for free just need a shovel and bags its not the normal council tip though.Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
and ends with backache
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They have a pile on site where local's dump it for free and it gets well used, i nearly cleared our pile at the weekend!!Comment
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Thanks all, will contact the council and see what they say.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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If you have no luck with the council try local tree surgeons. They often have to pay to get rid of chippings so are only too happy to offload the stuff for free.Comment
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Try some of the conservation charities too. Usually they have a use for it on one or the other of their projects, but occasionally they have far too much or nowhere that currently needs it.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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Alison have you tried the Walton Project at Walton gardens? Sure they do itOriginally posted by Alison View Post
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If you are getting wood chips from a tree surgeon (or anywhere really) just make sure you are (not) taking diseased wood as you could be transfering the disease to your plot/garden.Originally posted by rana View PostLast edited by crichmond; 10-05-2009, 11:29 PM._____________
Cheers Chris
Beware Greeks bearing gifts, or have you already got a wooden horse?... hehe.
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Do you have a wood works near you...they have to pay to get it removed.My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon LandingsComment
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Thanks MrsC, hadn't thought about them, will give them a shoutOriginally posted by MrsC View PostAlison have you tried the Walton Project at Walton gardens? Sure they do it
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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