Wood chips are tiny pieces of wood, usually made out of whole trees, branches, and limbs.
While they can be used to make paper, textiles, and wood products like chipboard (and more recently, as fuel), they’re also an excellent fertilizer for gardens. They are renewable and easy to use as a mulch.
Not only are wood chips economical – you can easily create your own or obtain them for free from local recycling centers and arborists – but they also help keep unnecessary matter out of the landfills.
You’ll contribute less to fuel wastage and since they break down so slowly, you won’t need to replace them often in your garden.
Wood chips are usually composed of material of various sizes, so they’re more resistant to becoming compacted than other materials, like bark or sawdust.
Plus, this diversity supports a wide range of soil microorganisms, making for a healthier plant environment and more resistance to environmental stress.
Arborist Chip Mulch
This material is a source of chips that come from the byproduct of your local tree service or work done by arborists. It can include any part of a tree removed by an arborist or service: berries, branches, leaves, blooms, and even roots.
This is natural, organic matter that has been run through a wood chipper. Usually, it is the remnants of tree service that have been broken down into arborist wood chips. Sometimes this is old trees, and sometimes it’s fresh wood.
It’s also common to find arborist chip mulch available in areas where orchards are prevalent.
Bagged Wood Chip
You’ll typically find this at your local hardware store or plant nursery. It is mulched tree matter in 2 to 3-inch chunks. It could be natural and organic, tree matter directly from a lumberyard or a tree service, and it may be wood that has been chipped on a mass scale.
Most of the time bagged wood chips are from trees that have been used in industry, not from fresh and recently harvested wood. But getting these means you’re also getting plastic bags that you’ll be sending to the nearest landfill.
Modified Wood Chip
These could be bagged wood chips that have been treated to reduce their flammability. They may be treated with pesticides and herbicides which prevent weeds and insects from taking over your garden.
This material is often used in situations where a homeowners association has designated a preferred color of mulch. Sometimes they’re reflective or dyed a particular color. They may contain chemicals as well as organic matter.
Think of any wood chip that has been introduced to some form of additive to prevent disease, weeds, fire, or to colorize it. As before, it’s bagged, which means more plastic for the landfill.
Bark mulch is shredded tree bark that comes from varying sources. Most are directly from trees and people who work with trees. Other sources are sawmills and furniture manufacturers, just to name a couple. It’s an absorptive mulch that comes in flakes. It can often be full of slivers, and it can easily become matted together, but the fine particulate looks great in a garden.
Shredded Wood Mulch
This is the stuff you’ll see in neighborhood gardens. Shredded wood mulch may be dyed, but is usually finely shredded material such as pine shavings. Generally speaking, this is a finer size mulch of about 1” or smaller in size, making it quite visually appealing.
It’s generally a byproduct of lumber and paper manufacturing, and it’s spread to provide an aesthetic uniformity by retaining moisture and blocking out weeds. However, it comes with a drawback; it can sometimes be fine enough to become matted together and can slow drainage slightly.
What to Avoid
In most cases you can put the branch trimmings and deadfall from your property into the chipper. The majority of native trees are acceptable for wood chips, but there are some species and forms of wood that should be avoided.
Naturally occurring toxins are present in a few trees used as landscape decoration. These toxins can be harmful to you or to your plants. In some cases, toxins can be absorbed through the chips and into your plants.
The EPA suggests avoiding black walnut for any composting or wood chipping work. Some additional species to avoid are:
- Black Walnut
- Poison Oak
Pros And Cons Of Wood Chip Mulch
Let’s discuss the benefits and pitfalls associated with each as a source of mulch or compost. That way you have considered them before you are already using wood chip mulch at home.
In general, wood chip mulch, when applied correctly, can be an excellent source of nutrients for your soil or compost pile. Wood chips also retain water in the soil, reduce weeds, and remedy topsoil erosion.
Ask any regenerative agriculture nut, and they’ll tell you wood chips simulate the same process that occurs on the forest floor, one of the richest environments around.
Wood chip mulch is a great way to prevent mud development in your garden because of its water retention properties. It looks great in any landscape, especially if you’ve managed to color coordinate. Some wood chips, like arborist wood chips, can even be free.
Adding a layer of wood chips to the ground to cover the soil surface, to reduce grass growth around trees, or to fill a muddy patch is a great way to carry out mulching in a natural way. Some modified wood chips keep pests out of the garden, allowing regular healthy growth to occur. Shrubs surrounded by a layer of red material can offset grass rather nicely.
Another great use for wood chip mulch is as a temperature regulator. Throughout the winter months, mulched plants often have warmer root systems, enabling them to withstand colder conditions much more readily. A thick layer of wood chip applied in the fall can be the factor that keeps your plants from severe weather damage.
Some types of mulch, such as aromatic cedar, can reduce pest populations. The aromatic nature of the wood acts as an effective deterrent.
If you’ve ever spread wood mulch you know it’s a great way to add a dash of pizazz to your landscape that will last for more than just one season. And when it does break down, you’re building rich soil!
There are a few issues to consider, however, when it comes to working with wood mulch.
For one thing, many are concerned that these chips can pull nitrogen out of the soil. They do reduce the nitrogen level in the top inch or so of the soil, but further down the fertility of the soil is unaffected. This makes them a great choice for weed reduction, but not great if you’re starting seeds! Don’t mix mulch into the soil, as that puts the decomposing material closer to your plant roots.
They can choke plants and trees if they’re not used properly. The term “volcano mulch” is common in referring to trees with a mound of mulch right against the trunk. This style of mulching trees and other plants is dangerous, as it can cause damage to the trunk or plant’s base.
Compost and wood mulch together can make water retention too high for some plants and trees. They could experience root rot as a result. Usually, this is less of a problem for larger chip sizes, but it can be an issue in fine stuff like shredded barks or shredded wood chips.
Although colorful wood chips will last for more than one season, they do fade over time. For those looking for uniform color, you will regularly need to top-dress to maintain the right shade.
Where To Use Wood Chips
Yes, wood mulch on the soil surface is a great way to mimic the soil of a rich forest floor. But there are right and wrong times to spread mulch. There are specific ways to layer them with compost, and correct ways to spread mulch around plants, trees, and shrubs.
Mulch is not something you want to plant directly into. You should wait to even spread it on soil that you have recently planted seeds in. Wait for your plants to grow before adding mulch as a ground cover. This keeps developing roots open to nutrient absorption. This goes for transplants to… make sure roots are significantly developed before you add fresh mulch to the soil.
One very important thing to remember for adding mulch to soil in a vegetable bed or a place where trees, plants, and shrubs live is to avoid mulching directly to the stem or trunk. Leave some space between the plant, tree, or shrub and the mulch. This not only allows tree, plant, and shrub respiration, but it also gives them a little moat where moisture can collect and be used slowly and gradually.
The reason mulch gets the reputation of nitrogen-stealing has to do with improper applications like volcano mulching. Even if the mulch is organic and from a tree service where a healthy tree is chipped, too close or too much mulch is a recipe for disaster. Improper mulching can kill a plant.
Mulches should not be applied to the soil where plants are growing in a layer more than 4 inches deep. 2 inches is the minimum depth. Any less than 2 inches and weed suppression is not possible. If you spread mulch on the ground for suppressing weed growth, remember this!
In areas where you’re trying to prevent plant growth, a layer of 6-inch deep mulch is perfect. This prevents weed development and reduces the frequency of replenishing the mulch layer. 6 inches is great for pathways, for example.
Make sure you’ve found a good source for mulch. If you want to grow vegetables, green mulch, or some hardwoods like walnuts may not be the best option for your situation.
Most vegetable gardeners prefer softwoods like pine that break down easily so they don’t have to worry about improper plant growth.
Hardwood applied in the wrong situation can kill a plant. Some, like black walnut, are allelopathic and can actually reduce plant growth where they’re placed. While black walnut does decompose and the allelopathic conditions subside, it can take a while. Consider the tree species of mulch when you are planning.
If your mulch is purely an aesthetic choice, you may not need to worry too much about the source. But to make your organic gardening easier, you’ll want to make sure that the supplier you source from doesn’t include material that contains fungal pathogens or disease.
It’s terrible to have to come back from a free wood chip (which is great!) that is full of diseases and pulls nitrogen away from vegetables (bummer). Personally, it’s taken me years to come back from that in one of my vegetable beds.
Good sources for mulch are often local tree services or sites like ChipDrop. However, you can also get it from your local garden center, either bagged or in bulk. Typically, material from a garden center has been steam-sterilized, giving it an extra measure of protection from pest or disease transmission.
Maybe you prefer to use a mulch to build soil. In this case, it can contain green matter, and it can be hard wood. You can lay it in between beds to break down over time, or you can use it as a pathway. Green wood is great for this purpose as it’s still fresh from chipping, and may actually include some green leaves to provide nitrogen. This will reduce nitrogen loss as it breaks down, too!
Wood chips in a garden are an essential and often underrated tool. They are a natural, effective form of weed control. They provide insulation to valuable plants through winter. They create quality soil amendments over time.
By taking the time to clear up your deadfall and save up those pruned branches, you can provide for yourself and your plants on the homestead.
The next time you’re about to head off to the landfill with that load of brush, or set fire to that slash pile, take a moment to reconsider the hidden benefits of those little wooden chunks. Give them the opportunity to bring new life into your garden.
Vipande vidogo-vidogo vya mbao, kwa kawaida hutengenezwa kutokana na miti nzima, matawi, na matawi. Ingawa zinaweza kutumiwa kutengeneza karatasi, nguo, na bidhaa za mbao kama vile chipboard (na hivi karibuni, kama mafuta), pia ni mbolea bora kwa bustani. Zinaweza kurejeshwa na ni rahisi kutumiwa kama mchanga. Si tu kwamba vipande vya mbao ni vya kiuchumi - unaweza kuvitengeneza kwa urahisi au kuvitumia bila malipo kutoka kwa vituo vya kuondoa taka na wafugaji wa miti - bali pia husaidia kuondoa vitu visivyohitajika kwenye mahali pa kuondoa taka. Utachangia chini ya mafuta taka na tangu wao kuvunja chini polepole sana, huwezi haja ya kubadilisha yao mara nyingi katika bustani yako. Vipande vya mbao kwa kawaida hufanyizwa na vifaa vya ukubwa mbalimbali, kwa hiyo ni sugu zaidi kwa kufanywa kuwa compacted kuliko vifaa vingine, kama vile bark au sawdust. Kwa kuongezea, utofauti huu unasaidia aina mbalimbali za viumbe wadogo wa udongo, na hivyo kufanya mazingira ya mimea kuwa na afya na upinzani zaidi kwa mkazo wa mazingira. Chip Mulch ni aina ya mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko. Inaweza kutia ndani sehemu yoyote ya mti iliyoondolewa na mtaalamu wa miti au huduma: matunda, matawi, majani, maua, na hata mizizi. Hii ni asili, nyenzo ya kikaboni ambayo imekuwa kukimbia kwa njia ya chipper mbao. Kwa kawaida, ni mabaki ya huduma ya miti ambayo yamevunjwa katika vipande vya mbao vya mimea. Nyakati nyingine ni miti ya zamani, na nyakati nyingine ni mbao mpya. Pia ni kawaida kupata arborist chip mulch inapatikana katika maeneo ambapo bustani ni kuenea. Bagged Wood Chip Wewe kawaida kupata hii katika duka lako la vifaa vya ndani au mmea nursery. Mti huu umepangwa kwa vipande vya inchi mbili hadi tatu. Inaweza kuwa ya asili na ya kikaboni, nyenzo ya mti moja kwa moja kutoka kwa shamba la mbao au huduma ya mti, na inaweza kuwa mbao ambayo imepasuka kwa kiwango kikubwa. Mara nyingi vipande vya mbao vilivyotiwa mifuko hutoka kwenye miti ambayo imetumiwa katika viwanda, si kutoka kwenye mbao mpya na zilizokusanywa hivi karibuni. Lakini kupata hizi ina maana wewe pia kupata mifuko ya plastiki kwamba utakuwa kutuma kwa karibu landfill. Mabadiliko ya mbao Chip Hizi inaweza kuwa bagged mbao chips ambayo wamekuwa kutibiwa kupunguza flammability yao. Kwa hivyo, kwa kutumia dawa za kuua wadudu na dawa za kuua magugu, unaweza kuzuia magugu na wadudu kutoka kwenye bustani yako. Mara nyingi nyenzo hiyo hutumiwa katika hali ambapo shirika la wamiliki wa nyumba limeweka rangi inayopendekezwa ya mulch. Nyakati nyingine wao ni kutafakari au rangi maalum. Huenda zikawa na kemikali na vilevile vitu vya kikaboni. Fikiria kipande chochote cha mbao ambacho kimetumiwa kwa aina fulani ya nyongeza ili kuzuia magonjwa, magugu, moto, au kuipaka rangi. Kama ilivyokuwa hapo awali, imefungwa, ambayo inamaanisha plastiki zaidi kwa ajili ya kuondoa taka. Mchanganyiko wa magamba ni magamba ya miti yaliyokatwa ambayo hutoka vyanzo mbalimbali. Mengi yanatoka moja kwa moja kwa miti na watu wanaofanya kazi na miti. Vyanzo vingine ni viwanda vya kupasua mbao na watengenezaji wa fanicha, ili tu kutaja majina machache. Ni mchanga unaovuta maji ambao hutolewa kwa vipande-vipande. Mara nyingi inaweza kuwa na vipande vingi, na inaweza kuunganishwa kwa urahisi, lakini chembe ndogo inaonekana nzuri katika bustani. Shredded Wood Mulch Hii ni mambo utaona katika bustani za jirani. Mulch ya mbao iliyokatwa inaweza kupakwa rangi, lakini kwa kawaida ni nyenzo iliyokatwa vizuri kama vile vipande vya msonobari. Kwa ujumla, hii ni mulch ya ukubwa wa chini ya 1  au ndogo kwa ukubwa, na kuifanya kuwa ya kuvutia sana. Kwa ujumla ni bidhaa ya chini ya mbao na kutengeneza karatasi, na ni kuenea kutoa usawa aesthetic kwa kuhifadhi unyevu na kuzuia magugu. Hata hivyo, kuna ubaya wake; nyakati nyingine inaweza kuwa nyembamba sana hivi kwamba inaweza kuunganishwa pamoja na kupunguza kiasi kidogo cha maji. Katika hali nyingi unaweza kuweka matawi ya matawi na mawe kutoka kwa mali yako ndani ya chipper. Miti mingi ya asili inastahili kutumiwa kama vipande vya mbao, lakini kuna aina fulani za mbao ambazo zinapaswa kuepukwa. Sumu zinazopatikana kiasili zipo katika miti michache inayotumiwa kupamba mandhari. Toxins hizi zinaweza kuwa hatari kwa mimea yako. Katika hali nyingine, sumu inaweza kufyonzwa kupitia vipande hivyo na kuingia ndani ya mimea yako. EPA inapendekeza kuepuka walnut nyeusi kwa ajili ya kazi yoyote ya composting au kuni chipping. Baadhi ya spishi za ziada za kuepuka ni: - Black Walnut - Poison Oak Pros And Cons Of Wood Chip Mulch Hebu tuzungumzie faida na mapungufu yanayohusiana na kila mmoja kama chanzo cha mulch au mbolea. Kwa njia hii, unaweza kuamua jinsi ya kutumia mchanganyiko wa chip ya mbao nyumbani. Kwa ujumla, mchanga wa chip, unapotumiwa kwa usahihi, unaweza kuwa chanzo kizuri cha virutubisho kwa udongo wako au rundo la mbolea. Vipande vya mbao pia huhifadhi maji katika udongo, hupunguza magugu, na kurekebisha mmomonyoko wa udongo wa juu. Uliza karanga yoyote ya kilimo cha kurudisha, na watakwambia chips za mbao huiga mchakato huo huo unaotokea kwenye sakafu ya msitu, moja ya mazingira tajiri zaidi karibu. Mulch ya chip ya mbao ni njia nzuri ya kuzuia maendeleo ya matope katika bustani yako kwa sababu ya mali yake ya kuhifadhi maji. Inaonekana kubwa katika mandhari yoyote, hasa kama umefanya kusimamiwa kuratibu rangi. Vipande fulani vya mbao, kama vile vipande vya mbao vya wakulima wa miti, vinaweza hata kuwa vya bure. Kuongeza safu ya vipande vya mbao kwenye ardhi ili kufunika uso wa udongo, kupunguza ukuaji wa nyasi karibu na miti, au kujaza patch ya matope ni njia nzuri ya kufanya mulching kwa njia ya asili. Vipande fulani vya mbao vilivyobadilishwa huzuia wadudu wasiingie katika bustani, na hivyo kuruhusu ukuzi wa kawaida na wenye afya. Miti iliyozungukwa na tabaka la nyenzo nyekundu yaweza kulinganisha nyasi vizuri. Matumizi mengine mazuri ya mchanga wa mbao ni kama kiunganishi cha joto. Katika miezi ya majira ya baridi kali, mimea yenye mchanga mara nyingi huwa na mizizi yenye joto zaidi, na hivyo inaweza kuvumilia hali baridi zaidi. Sehemu ya juu ya chip ya mbao iliyotumika wakati wa kuanguka inaweza kuwa sababu ambayo inahifadhi mimea yako kutokana na uharibifu mkubwa wa hali ya hewa. Aina fulani za mulch, kama vile mwerezi wenye harufu nzuri, zaweza kupunguza idadi ya wadudu. Manukato ya mbao hiyo huzuia jambo hilo. Kama umewahi kuenea mbao mulch unajua ni njia kubwa ya kuongeza dash ya pizazz kwa mazingira yako ambayo itadumu kwa zaidi ya msimu mmoja tu. Na inapovunjika, unakuwa umejenga udongo wenye rutuba! Hata hivyo, kuna mambo machache ya kuzingatia unapotumia mchanga wa mbao. Kwa sababu moja, wengi wana wasiwasi kwamba vipande hivyo vya nishati vinaweza kutoa nitrojeni kutoka ardhini. Kwa kweli, kiwango cha nitrojeni katika sehemu ya juu ya udongo hupungua, lakini chini ya udongo, uzazi haujathiriwa. Hii inafanya wao chaguo kubwa kwa ajili ya kupunguza magugu, lakini si kubwa kama wewe ni kuanza mbegu! Usiingize mchanganyiko wa mchanga katika udongo, kwa kuwa hilo huleta vitu vinavyoharibika karibu zaidi na mizizi ya mimea yako. Wanaweza kuzamisha mimea na miti ikiwa hawatumiwi vizuri. Neno "mulch ya volkano" ni la kawaida katika kurejelea miti yenye rundo la mulch moja kwa moja dhidi ya shina. Mtindo huu wa kufunika miti na mimea mingine ni hatari, kwa kuwa unaweza kusababisha uharibifu wa shina au msingi wa mmea. Mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko wa mchanganyiko. Matokeo yanaweza kuwa kwamba mizizi yao itaoza. Kwa kawaida, hii ni chini ya tatizo kwa ukubwa mkubwa chip, lakini inaweza kuwa suala katika mambo faini kama shredded barks au shredded mbao chips. Ingawa vipande vya mbao vyenye rangi nyingi vinaweza kudumu kwa zaidi ya majira moja, vinafifia baada ya muda. Kwa wale wanaotafuta rangi sawa, utahitaji kuvaa mavazi ya juu kwa ukawaida ili kudumisha kivuli sahihi. Kutumia mchanga wa mbao: Mchanga wa mbao kwenye udongo ni njia nzuri ya kuiga udongo wa misitu. Lakini kuna nyakati sahihi na zisizofaa za kueneza mchanga. Kuna njia hususa za kuziweka kwa mchanganyiko, na njia sahihi za kueneza mchanga kuzunguka mimea, miti, na vichaka. Mulch si kitu ambacho unataka kupanda moja kwa moja ndani yake. Kwa hivyo, unapaswa kuhifadhi mbegu hizo kwenye udongo ambao umepanda hivi karibuni. Ngoja mimea yako ikue kabla ya kuongeza mchanga kama kifuniko cha ardhi. Hilo hufanya mizizi iwe wazi kwa kunyonya virutubisho. Hii inatumika kwa ajili ya kupandikiza kwa... kuhakikisha mizizi ni kwa kiasi kikubwa maendeleo kabla ya kuongeza mulch safi kwa udongo. Jambo moja muhimu sana la kukumbuka wakati wa kuongeza mulch kwenye udongo katika kitanda cha mboga au mahali ambapo miti, mimea, na vichaka huishi ni kuepuka kufunika moja kwa moja kwenye shina au shina. Acha nafasi fulani kati ya mmea, mti, au kichaka na mchanga. Hii hairuhusu tu miti, mimea, na vichaka kupumua, lakini pia huwapa mtaro mdogo ambapo unyevu unaweza kukusanywa na kutumiwa polepole na hatua kwa hatua. Sababu mulch anapata sifa ya nitrojeni-kuiba ina kufanya na maombi yasiyofaa kama volkano mulching. Hata kama mulch ni ya kikaboni na kutoka huduma ya mti ambapo mti afya ni chip, karibu sana au mulch sana ni kichocheo kwa ajili ya msiba. Kufunika mimea vibaya kunaweza kuua mmea. Mulch haipaswi kutumika kwenye udongo ambapo mimea inakua katika safu ya zaidi ya inchi nne kina. Inchi mbili ni kina cha chini. Kwa hivyo, chini ya inchi mbili, kuzuia magugu haiwezekani. Ukitanda mchanga ardhini ili kuzuia magugu yasikue, kumbuka jambo hili! Katika maeneo ambayo wewe ni kujaribu kuzuia ukuaji wa mimea, safu ya 6 inchi kina mulch ni kamilifu. Hii huzuia ukuaji wa magugu na hupunguza mzunguko wa kujaza safu ya mulch. Inchi 6 ni nzuri kwa njia za njia. Hakikisha umepata chanzo kizuri cha mchanga. Ikiwa unataka kukuza mboga, mchanga wa kijani, au baadhi ya mbao ngumu kama walnuts inaweza kuwa sio chaguo bora kwa hali yako. Wakulima wengi wa mboga hupendelea miti laini kama misonobari ambayo huvunjika kwa urahisi ili wasijali juu ya ukuaji usiofaa wa mmea. Mbao ngumu inayotumiwa katika hali isiyofaa yaweza kuua mmea. Baadhi yao, kama vile walnut nyeusi, ni allelopathic na kwa kweli inaweza kupunguza ukuaji wa mmea ambapo wao ni kuwekwa. Wakati karanga nyeusi huharibika na hali za allelopathic hupungua, inaweza kuchukua muda. Fikiria aina ya miti ya kulima unapopanga. Ikiwa mchanga wako ni wa kupendeza tu, huenda usihitaji kuwa na wasiwasi sana kuhusu chanzo chake. Lakini ili kufanya bustani yako ya kikaboni rahisi, unataka kuhakikisha kwamba muuzaji wewe chanzo kutoka haina ni pamoja na vifaa ambayo ina vimelea vimelea au ugonjwa. Ni mbaya sana kurudi kutoka kwa kipande cha mbao cha bure (ambayo ni nzuri!) Hii ni kwa sababu ya hali ya hewa ya hewa, ambayo huondoa nitrojeni kutoka kwa mboga na mimea. Binafsi, imechukua miaka mingi kurudi kutoka kwa hiyo katika moja ya vitanda vyangu vya mboga. Vyanzo vizuri vya mulch mara nyingi ni huduma za miti ya ndani au tovuti kama ChipDrop. Hata hivyo, unaweza pia kuipata katika kituo chako cha bustani, ikiwa imepakiwa katika mifuko au kwa wingi. Kwa kawaida, vifaa kutoka kwenye vituo vya kutunza bustani vimepigwa sumu kwa mvuke, na hivyo kuhifadhiwa zaidi kutokana na kuambukizwa kwa wadudu au magonjwa. Labda ungependa kutumia mchanga ili kujenga udongo. Katika kisa hiki, inaweza kuwa na vitu vya kijani kibichi, na inaweza kuwa mbao ngumu. Unaweza kuweka kati ya vitanda ili kuvunjika kwa muda, au unaweza kuitumia kama njia. Mbao ya kijani ni kubwa kwa kusudi hili kama ni bado safi kutoka chipping, na inaweza kweli ni pamoja na baadhi ya majani ya kijani kutoa nitrojeni. Hilo pia litapunguza hasara ya nitrojeni inapoharibika! Vipande vya mbao katika bustani ni chombo muhimu na mara nyingi hakithaminiwi. Ni njia ya asili na yenye matokeo ya kudhibiti magugu. Wao hutoa kinga kwa mimea yenye thamani wakati wa majira ya baridi kali. Wao kuunda ubora wa udongo marekebisho kwa muda. Kwa kuchukua muda wa kusafisha vichaka vyako na kuhifadhi matawi hayo yaliyokatwa, unaweza kujitegemeza mwenyewe na mimea yako kwenye shamba. Wakati mwingine wewe ni kuhusu kichwa mbali na landfill na kwamba mzigo wa brush, au kuweka moto kwamba slash rundo, kuchukua muda wa kufikiria faida siri ya wale vipande vidogo vya mbao. Wape nafasi ya kuleta maisha mapya katika bustani yako.