What do you generally do with your wood dust?
For the most part I've been dumping it into the compost pile, figuring by
spring next year it should be decomposed enough to spread out on top of the
soil. But for a largish project that's a LOT of dust and wood doesn't
compost nearly as well as grass clippings and weeds.
So what do you do with it - compress it and use it for firesticks or
something?
In article <[email protected]>, "Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote:
>What do you generally do with your wood dust?
Offer it on craigslist or freecycle -- people are happy to take it.
Some folks have been successful selling it on eBay as doll stuffing.
"Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What do you generally do with your wood dust?
>
> For the most part I've been dumping it into the compost pile, figuring by
> spring next year it should be decomposed enough to spread out on top of
> the soil. But for a largish project that's a LOT of dust and wood doesn't
> compost nearly as well as grass clippings and weeds.
> So what do you do with it - compress it and use it for firesticks or
> something?
All pretty good answers and suggestions. Personally, I like to suck my Wood
Dust up in the dust collector. ;~) Sorry.
"Kenneth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Howdy,
>
> Putting sawdust, or wood chips in a garden will very
> significantly deplete nitrogen...
>
> All the best,
> --
> Kenneth
In my youth, I worked at a small Rhodie nursery......Dug and sold plants
remove a lot of soil so we replaced it with approx. 4 inches of sawdust or
hog fuel (a very rough sawdust) and sometimes spent hops, whatever was
available or cheap...we simply added ample fertilizer to compensate for
nitrogen loss. That soil was very productive, lush and a pleasure to work
with except for the weeding, digging and work part<G>.......Some years we
top dressed and in others we plowed in before planting. Didn't take the time
or space to compost first but one could. Rod
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:35:23 -0700, "Eigenvector"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What do you generally do with your wood dust?
>
>For the most part I've been dumping it into the compost pile, figuring by
>spring next year it should be decomposed enough to spread out on top of the
>soil. But for a largish project that's a LOT of dust and wood doesn't
>compost nearly as well as grass clippings and weeds.
>So what do you do with it - compress it and use it for firesticks or
>something?
Howdy,
Putting sawdust, or wood chips in a garden will very
significantly deplete nitrogen...
All the best,
--
Kenneth
If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
> What do you generally do with your wood dust?
>
> For the most part I've been dumping it into the compost pile, figuring by
> spring next year it should be decomposed enough to spread out on top of t=
he
> soil. =A0.....
That's fine, but wood shavings along will deplete soil nitrogen, so
mix it with grass clippings or decaying leaves. Also -
CAUTION! Don't use black walnut shavings or chips in the garden (or in
a horse stall). It's toxic to most plants.
"Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What do you generally do with your wood dust?
>
> For the most part I've been dumping it into the compost pile, figuring by
> spring next year it should be decomposed enough to spread out on top of
> the soil. But for a largish project that's a LOT of dust and wood doesn't
> compost nearly as well as grass clippings and weeds.
> So what do you do with it - compress it and use it for firesticks or
> something?
High nitrogen fertilizer mixed in , if no grass clippings
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What do you generally do with your wood dust?
>
> For the most part I've been dumping it into the compost pile, figuring by
> spring next year it should be decomposed enough to spread out on top of
> the
> soil. .....
That's fine, but wood shavings along will deplete soil nitrogen, so
mix it with grass clippings or decaying leaves. Also -
CAUTION! Don't use black walnut shavings or chips in the garden (or in
a horse stall). It's toxic to most plants.
_______________________________________________
I didn't know that. Guess I'd better find out which is toxic and which
isn't since I'll be doing more and more woodworking this winter.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> What do you generally do with your wood dust?
>>
>> For the most part I've been dumping it into the compost pile, figuring by
>> spring next year it should be decomposed enough to spread out on top of
>> the soil. But for a largish project that's a LOT of dust and wood
>> doesn't compost nearly as well as grass clippings and weeds.
>> So what do you do with it - compress it and use it for firesticks or
>> something?
>
> All pretty good answers and suggestions. Personally, I like to suck my
> Wood Dust up in the dust collector. ;~) Sorry.
Bah dum dum dum!
Dust collector? Oh yeah I know what that is, it's that collection of Neil
Diamond 8 tracks that I have.