Re:sawdust was: two slightly off topic queries
- Subject: Re:sawdust was: two slightly off topic queries
- From: C* I*
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:28:58 -0400
Hi Marge,
Well, it sounds like I would need to replace it or at least add more
to the top. Its attraction is that it would be cheap (there is a
sawmill about 2 miles away and I go by it nearly everyday) and I want
a surface to put a wheel on for the mower (whether it is me with the
push or the neighbor's son on the riding mower). Allowing it to sit
for a year (or more, remember I am in NH) and taking it to the
compost bin would only be a few hours work and would cut down on the
weeding along my longest bed - grass seeds it self there if no where
else.
>Well, I'm not sure how grand that would be. In my experience, raw
>sawdust doesn't stay in place unless you have an edging. Once it
>rots, it is a marvelous seedbed for anything going. Used to use it
>for filling paths. First year down it was soft and sort of spongy to
>walk on and nothing much grew in it or was stunted if it did. 2nd
>year, it packed down better, but had started rotting so more seeds
>germinated in it. 3rd year and until I scraped it out into the
>adjoining beds, it made a lovely mess of weeds to pull several times
>a season. Does, eventually, rot down into marvelous humus.
Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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