Re: Re:sawdust was: two slightly off topic queries
- Subject: Re: Re:sawdust was: two slightly off topic queries
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 03:53:03 -0400
Hmmm, Cheryl, still don't think it's the medium you want for that
task...think wheels would displace it or sink into it. What you
really want is a brick or flagstone edge or even a 4" concrete block
sunk into the soil so it's just below grass line - something hard
that a wheel won't move. Even when sawdust firms up sufficient for a
path, as I recall a heavy wheelbarrow had problems and I think,
particularly a riding mower would just sink into it.
However, you're living close to a gold mine if you have a sawmill
that near to you. A pile of sawdust left to sit for a couple of
years until it rots makes the most marvelous soil conditioner,
potting soil additive, etc. Turns into super humus. You can hasten
the process by adding a high nitrogen item like bloodmeal.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Cheryl Isaak <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
>
> 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.
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