Wood Chip Gardener

Front yards are for show, Backyards are for eating

Spring is a time for new beginnings and new potatoes

Published on March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 by Steve

Potatoes have become one of my favorite things to grow in wood chips. Growing potatoes the traditional way is labor intensive, you have to dig trenches, and then hill the potatoes a couple of times as they grow. You end up moving a lot of dirt. With wood chips you move the chips aside to […]

Wood Chips

Published on March 8, 2015March 8, 2015 by Steve

As you can probably guess from the name of this Blog, I’m a big fan of wood chips. My preferred type is Ramial Wood Chips. The raw material for these chips consists of the leaves, twigs and branches, preferably deciduous, including small limbs up to 7 cm. (23⁄4 in.) in diameter. It is processed into small […]

Welcome!

Published on March 2, 2015March 4, 2015 by Steve

Wood Chip Gardener is a new Blog about using wood chips as mulch in Vegetable Gardens, and Orchards. I also hope to explore Shade Cloth in hot climates, vegetable gardening tips, seed saving, and food preservation. There will also be the occasional chicken come scratching through our garden. Every yard needs chickens.