Is there anyone out there in the chicago area who could use some wood chips? I got a gigantic delivery from a local tree removal service and I've hauled an immense amount of it to every place on my property I can think of, but there's still lots left, and it's slowly killing the grass beneath it!
It's not the highest grade stuff, and there are small chunks and twigs, but it can be yours if you are willing to take it off my hands!
LOL...I sympathize. I got twelve loads of it last year and spent all year shovelling...this year I've gotten two loads already and have one of them moved...Sigh. Looks like a looong summer ahead. We're using it for soil improvement and erosion control.
If it is in a place where you don't care if the grass dies, just leave it. You will eventually use it all up. Guess I'm lucky cause we live in the country next to a forrest. I just have truckloads delivered to a spot at the far end of the yard and it blends right in the rustic scenery.
Sadly, we live in town and I really have covered our property with every vegetable and flower bed my husband will let me get away with. The spot where it is, is on the grass right at the foot of our driveway, which in writing sounds like a decent place for a flower bed, but it really isn't, because the way our driveway curves, all sorts of delivery vehicles, etc., even friends, tend to accidentally run off the driveway. Maybe if it were boulders instead... :P
I wish I were closer to you! I'd love to take some of it. Wait a bit before you give it all away though, since the beds you've put it on so far may settle and you could put more on them to stiffle weeds even better. Or can you make a play area for the kids(?) somewhere on the yard with them?
