Not mulch, wood chip for a path! There is a path through the woods to get to my parents house! 4 wheelers, and people would be the only things using the trail! Usually it is very muddy, so I thought about using wood chips, from the tree cutters going down my road to use to walk/ ride on so itdoesn't get so muddy? What do u think?
2007-03-25 14:51:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
You have a GREAT idea!! The back part of our property is clay soil. In the winter there was NO way that we could go out there - just too muddy!! Then I covered the area with woodchips/mulch and now I can walk around all the veggie boxes and everywhere else!! I need to replenish it about every two years. Since I am an organic grower, the part that I like best is that the chips will decompose into the soil. If you put down rocks, you can NEVER plant anything! I usually put down a 3 to 4 inch layer. You might want to make it thicker if you are going to drive on it.
In our area all the tree cutter/trimmers give away the chips for free. Give the tree people a call. Sometimes you get lucky. My friend recently got a load of cedar chips -- boy does his yard smell good!!
Good Luck!
2007-03-25 17:05:53 · answer #1 · answered by Cindy B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much rain do you get? Sometimes there is a problem with the wood chips floating away if the ground isn't very level. Other than that is sounds like a great idea.
2007-03-25 15:01:20 · answer #2 · answered by mtnflower43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would work. The parks around here are using wood chips now on the playground. It helps a lot with the mud.
2007-03-25 14:56:20 · answer #3 · answered by zil28ennov 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you should use small gravel and hire a roller to flatten them into dampish soil to get a nice even flat path. Wood chips just rot and poison the soil that all the plants need to survive.
2007-03-25 15:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that would work very well because the woodchips would soak up some of the water from the mud.
2007-03-25 15:00:16 · answer #5 · answered by BeachBabe 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i dont think its such a good idea, but if its free try it. I think it will probably turn into a woodchip mud pie. Do you have any access to some gravel?
2007-03-25 15:01:18 · answer #6 · answered by james h 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Won't help with the mud. You'll just get bulkier mud clods!
2007-03-25 15:20:31 · answer #7 · answered by jimdc49 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very good .that will work well and cheap too
2007-03-25 14:57:36 · answer #8 · answered by Michael C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋