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Got my Chip Drop a few weeks ago and got about 10 yards of good hardwood chips so I used them all up on pathways s I could get another load. Kid shows up for the drop and I go back and check it. It's like 30 yards! Biggest delivery ever. Going hard on the mulch this year for sure.
Thanks for this video! Our local power company has brought three loads of chips last week and should bring more next week. I told them we would take all they would bring us. I wasn’t sure about using fresh chips in the chicken run. Again thank you!
Love Sasha gasping at the windfall of worms! I appreciate listening to you ramble on with your thoughts on How & Why you move things about the garden. This is helpful to me. I really need to work on moving my pile of arborist chips that have lived in my driveway for oh…..year and 1/2? Hens love to visit that wee mountain every morning and dig thru a portion. One hen found either a huge worm or a 4” snake today and decided to scream and run thru the yard in triumph. Silly hen….she lost most of it to her sisters in a few moments. Very entertaining! 🐓🐓🐓
I just got 13 loads delivered. A company had 6 trucks working right down the road. I caught them just as they were starting. So we became the dump site. Have wine cap spawn ordered, and will order in lots more wigglers. But yeah! Really happy. Edit: Oh, and to move mine I use a gorilla cart powered by a 12 yr old boy child. :)
So thankful you guys are sharing your process through this adventure, i'm in northern minnesota & looking forward to my first season working with chickens and definitely will be implementing a holistic and regenerative system like the entire chicken compost cycle you have here! So many benefits but especially stoked about the heat! I would not be able to do this if it wasn't for your innovations, your hard work is appreciated ❤
Woodchips (properly steamed and dried) are a common insulation in Europe. The chips provide approximately R-2 per inch, so you've just blanketed your yard with a lovely carbon-sequestering, all-organic R-48 insulation! Congrats.
Me TOOOOO!!! I'm in Central Texas where we just had a big ice storm last week. It really devastated a lot of Live Oak & Cedar trees which both have leaves all year round, and there was so much ice the branches just got too heavy. There are fallen branches and whole trees too all around us. As a tree lover, it's really hard to look at... But! I'm making lemonade out of these icy lemons!! I have already received FOUR LOADS of fresh woodchips!! All 100% Oak, and none were diseased!! Ha!! I'm so excited about all the chips!! I have a lot of areas that have lost topsoil from erosion, and need to replace the soil. I know it will take time, but I don't care, this is a really good way to replenish the earth around me. Not to mention that IT'S FREE!!! I wish I had chickens to help, but I do have mushroom blocks to help break down all this wood! Gotta work with what ya got!
@Sharon Shepard I hope y'all made it through with no property damage. Aside from tree damage that is. It's really sad looking at all those branches on the ground... And then all can think of is WOODCHIPS!!! And I feel a little guilty... But then I think WOODCHIPS!!! It's quite the roller coaster!
I have about 30 yards in my driveway for the past 6 months. Such a great resource for the chickens, compost pile, and garden. Fungi are making their way through my large piles and breaking them down so I am in no hurry to move it all.
I've had great luck using manure forks (5-8 tines spread 1.5" - 2" apart) for moving wood chips. The tiny frontal area makes it easier to get into the pile, and the small spacing between tines minimizes the chips falling between them.
@@edibleacres Ye, I have looked at the map, really made me go visit upstate New York lol! I'm from Denmark where agricultureal land is about 60% and forests only around 14% sadly.
It’s been a little over a month using my food truck food scraps to do this system on a smaller scale with my chickens and I already have 1 yard of compost! Plenty for all my beds! It’s amazing! Thanks so much for teaching me! Now I’m teaching others
Ha, yeah . They tend to avoid the processed stuff since they have access to whole foods. We'll let the worms work on that stuff and transform it into something more useful.
You have inspired me and I thank you! We just had a “chip drop “ delivery and it looked much like yours….It is sunset here in Pittsburgh….I have to lock my 5 hens in their coop for the night….they just started laying again….made our day!🤙
@@jarrodkinkley1110 we signed up about….nine months…thought it was not going to happen….then…..BAM!….copious amounts of pine chips…yes hardwood would have been better but beggars can’t be choosers….I’m on face book…we are by Monroeville
Ahhh yes! I love woodchips! Just moved a load today! It feels like you can never have enough! 😂Great video, thanks for input, it’s always a pleasure to watch a tour of your chicken palace!
Nice, I own a tree service and also have a 1 acre property that I farm. I’ve dumped about 200-300 cubic yards of chips in the last 2 years. I also have neighbors dump tractor loads of horse manure. I mix the two together into large compost piles, turn it with a shovel then use to top dress my garden rows and pasture
Had the exact same scenario happen about a week ago. Arborists working down the street, asked them if i could get some chips, gladly gave me a mountain and didnt want the 20 bucks but still took it. Took 2 full days of moving using a recycling bin wheel barrow and im probably all set for a few seasons. Taking your advice; I put swales in all the mounds so they take in water. Now all i need is some wine cap spawn.
Golly... Your chips are so consistent in color and texture and size as compared to these videos I've been watching about "chip drop"... First time I'll be requesting free chips... I'm 75 and will be doing the labor myself... It's a 200 sq.ft.section running the length of the street curb... So spreading rather than transporting the material will be my job...(assuming a truck backup and dump from the curb) I LOVED THE WORM/ FOOD SCRAP/ LAYERING BIT ...🙋🌹GA USA 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Last month I moved 5 loads of wood chis all around my backyard, and covered most of the gras, first with cardboard and chips on top. I’m 73😅 Good thing that this stuff is light! Good bless you!
Once you have a 3'+ high pile of wood chips, the ground below will totally defrost and you will get heat. I used a 4'x4'x4' compost pile a few years ago to heat up my aquaponics system by adding a coil of 1" black abs pipe in the center of the pile. Kept inside the pond at around 70F even during freezing weather outside. You will see a huge worm population boon. That is until the spring when the sun will over heat the pile and the worms will burrow and leave the hot piles. I'm working on my aquaponic greenhouse right now. Have been late with all my projects. February is still close to freezing at night so I have time before I can plant seedlings, but I only have about a month to grow enough plants to cover my last summer and winter chicken runs. Yeesh! Never a dull moment.
@@edibleacres It is hard. I have had three spine surgeries so far and need more. Because it is hard for me to get around, I've gained weight. Gonna try this year to lose weight and make my microfram successful. It seems every spring I have a setback that messes up my whole year. 2020 had a bad bird flu die off. 2021 I got COVID and was in the hospital, 2022 Mom broke her hip and I had to tend to her. Now it's 2023, and I'm really trying to get shit together.
Love your snow shovel and “pulled bin” technique. Chip Drop never came through for me either. It’s random “begging” with doughnuts that have worked for me! LOVE wood chips! And No-Dig (Charles Dowding). Carolyn/Vermont Cat Lady
I love your set up!!! Amazing!!! I am a 76 year old organic gardener from central Indiana. I also have wood chips delivered which I move with my garden cart. I certainly wish I had some chickens. Love your ideas!!! My 78 year old husband is a wonderful farmer but leaves all the gardening to me.
I love watching this video. Inspiring and reminds me i never need a gym membership. When a truck unloads at the front of our yard, i move it one wheelbarrow at a time to the back of our 3/4 acre lot, doesn’t sound far but keep moving it after work and with a flashlight, a little at a time is very rewarding❤.
wood chip pile R value varies .. I've read normal average is around ~1 per inch .. It can be as low as 0.6 per inch for dense packed hard wood wet piles .. to as high as 1.5 per inch for unpacked dry softwood piles.
I feel like Joel Salatin's scale trickles down to your scale which trickles down to the scale of your nursery ops which trickles down to all of our even smaller scales. 8 laying hens here in Louisville KY and fully own the fact that I will have piles of stuff like cardboard, wood chips, and compost all over my property til the day I die. Happy winter!
That's fantastic, and the worms! I still have about 100 yards of wood chips to spread but they are filled with large twigs and chunks of wood. I wish they were as finely shredded as yours.
Maybe pile them, maybe throw in some food scraps, and spread a layer of dirt on them. If it is over dirt, worms will find their way in and break it down. Otherwise, shovel a bunch of worms from wherever your worms are eating and drop them in before covering with dirt, or even on top, then cover with cardboard. Worms make quick snack of carbon pile.
You are an absolute BEAST! Keep up the good productive work. You could start selling some red wigglers as fishing bait as a side hustle. Don't forget to swale your pile of woodchips. ;)
@@edibleacres seriously i think you underestimate how rich your space is with wrigglers. 15 or 20 count boxers of worms for 5 bucks, you've got hundreds of thousands of worms in your yard. obviously it's a regenerative practice but you might have the most worm rich soil i've ever seen.
Man i love that everything looks so wild and 'dirty' but everything is done for a purpose. So many garden channels are so clean and everythings looks fancy af. Once i got a garden and a nice property it will look more like your place. It's so awesome. Just started watching you a few days ago and i'm so grateful that you share your adventures and give us so much information. Keep going with it and have a nice day!☀️☀️
Awesome vid as usual. Woodchips have blessed our gardens beyond belief. The best part is, our soil gets better and better each year. God bless you guys!
Thanks for sharing! It’s always exciting to get the notification that you posted! Worms, wood chips, food scraps, and chickens are a fantastic combination! I have to remember to call all of the local arborists regularly this year to stay on their list. I’d love a few hundred yards of chips this year.
you are 100 percent on the money. wood waste is also has an antiseptic effect similar to the bar room use 70 years ago in the butchers and pubs in the uk!
What a fortune in carbon! Perfect timing too. All set for spring. Ask for their card or contact info and call them, when you can take ayet one more load after the next one.. Get them some baked goods so they'll remember you. I'd watch you shovel piles of wood chips every day.
I can't say I know a scientific answer for that... Our hens go crazy for them, but tend to eat a bunch and then stop, so I continue to trust their ability to figure out what is best for them
Awesome job! Could you make a video detailing the fence(s) used to outline the chicken yard? I’d love to know how you made it, especially the style of fence
Awesome, have 20 chickens in chicago zone 5/6, been watching for years. Found you through drainage and land shaping videos, so interesting. Would love to see you moving and holding water through large scale ecosystems. Nice job both of you :)
I made a mistake once year and put fireplace charcoal on my mulch pile and caused a fire. Best to add a layer of snow between coal and wood to make sure the char is smothered and the wood is properly moistened so it won't spontaneously combust. It's real scary once a fgood sized mulch pile starts burning. Very hard to stop it as well.
Very good reminder. . We only dump our ash on snow, or leave the ash pan in the garage for a day to fully cool down. The charcoal you see on the walkway is made in retorts in our stove and is absolutely cold before application...
6:17 I almost jumped out of my skin! 😂😂😂 Anyways, gorgeous worms! I have been wondering if I could just pile woodchips into the chicken run. This gives me the confidence to go ahead with it! Thanks for taking the time to upload the process! Your hens are so beautiful!!
QUESTION Are you not worried about the chemicals that the state/County sprays along the electric lines? How do you choose what is good to use and what should be avoided? Thank you both for all the wisdom you share!
Does your area spray along your electric lines? Ours here, all they do is clip the tree branches back. They clip them much further back than I'd like, but that's all they do every few years. Most of the lines are getting buried though, so much less tree trimming for power lines as the years go on.
@Yee Vita They do both. They spray, to kill the underbrush. Which gets on the trees. And they cut back the branches. The water co.pany even came on our property, and sprayed all around the water meter. There were all sorts of flower bulbs there, that they killed. I am in KY. Seems they are spray happy, here. Like it is there go to for everything. They believe it saves them money in the long run. I don't think they should be allowed to spray these deadly chemicals without the LA downers permission. But then, they think they own it all. I am just the tenant! Even though I "bought" the land.
R value of wood chips is about 1-1.5 per inch depending on the types of trees used to make the chips. This will be different from treated shavings that can have an r value of 2-2.5.
This is my favorite Sean and Sasha and Juan video. Love seeing the wood chips. The more the better. I got a 18 yards in the fall. I want to get more wood chips after seeing this Video.
Funny that you talk about sweeping up the wood chips from the driveway. I was always taught to use sawdust and chips on icy paths instead of salt because the wood offered grip and didn't damage the surrounding area with high salt buildup. The wood floats on top if the ice melts a little, then gets trapped in place again when the temp drops again. As for your poor broom, look into getting a Besom Broom. Very traditional and fun, and way better than mass-produced plastic stuff. If you can't make your own, support the craftsmen who are keeping the traditions alive.
Thanks for the note on chips and suggestion on broom. We looked at the broom and realized we can re-do the head with black locust, so it should last a bit longer
Good gravy. All i can think about is mushroom farming and rocket stoves and bedding and insulation and all the beautiful compost and worms and wow what an amazing resource, its hard to believe people are giving it away free, and yet i can't get anyone to drop dome off at my place ...... (I blame the awkward driveway and power lines, but i dont have a truck for pickups either ....)
Don't seem to mention that as an insulating layer that load of chips are going to heat up as the bacteria gets going and provide added warmth to the soil and chickens , love watching piles of chips steam off in the winter. Yoy might want to start dropping off buckets at coffee stands and pitching the grounds in there as well.
Compost piles of wood chips get warm and sometimes smoke. Just keeping them wet really feeds the bacteria, fungi and is great for worms. I hate having my property rights denied by our building commissioner. He calls my chips trash. I'm fighting back and still looking for a attorney who will fight hard on my behalf and on behalf of my property rights.
@@edibleacres Thank you for your support. I get really depressed thinking of all the work I put in by hand and having it all threatened to be confiscated by the building commissioner. The only thing I can control is myself and my actions. This city is very pretentious. There are lots of people in this city who struggle just to feed their children. I hope I get to create a food forest where everything here goes to those in need.
I made a $20 "donation" and two years later they showed up. If you don't mind sawdust, lumber mills are always looking to get rid of sawdust. Most bag it for free.
Bank those chips w/ greenhouse plastic/ tarp & rest for a while if ya need to! Nice resource. I just found a new to me local tree biz that will drop chips on request & I couldn't be happier as my previous source dried up. Thank you for sharing all the worms too! You guys always inspire me. I'm an urban grower in Lansing, Mi, zone 5b & I refer lots of local growers to your UA-cam channel. Epsom salt baths are absolutely self-care & self-love! Thanks again for sharing.
You may want to remove the portion where you said you gave him $20. Believe it or not you could get him in serious trouble, you know how the government rolls. It may seem innocent to say but that should be kept quiet. Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Commenting here to boost this comment and add my own. I was gonna say similar, but suggest next time you offer something a little more dubious in terms of monetary value, as it will be seen as less of a bribe. Produce or a jar of jam seems reasonable.
I hear what you are saying and appreciate the sentiment. I do believe it is important for people who get windfalls of woodchips delivered to be reminded to tip the hard workers.
the fastest way to decompose wood chips is to keep it in piles. the chickens will love the mound and will eat off it for years. it will take 2 years for the chips to become the best compost you have seen. i have 3 huge piles (30' x 50' x 12' high) i have been rotating for 10yrs and have completely changed the soil of my property. i did not have to water my fruit trees all summer with no rain for 6 months.
@@edibleacres yes but you do not have to do it large scale like i do. just keep one truck dump in the original mound and in one year half your chicken feed will come from it AND you will have awesome compost in a couple of years AND you will not have to move it. i have a big backhoe loader so i can manage the large project but that is not realistic for you. individual mounds like the one you had will reduce in volume to 1/4 so if you have them dump where it can stay it would be ideal as it is much easier to move the smaller end compost to where you need it. for weed control, use the fresh chips as you have as it sucks nitrogen from weeds and renew the fresh chips in the spring.
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Your channel is facinating and inspiring. Thank you for producing and sharing.
Got my Chip Drop a few weeks ago and got about 10 yards of good hardwood chips so I used them all up on pathways s I could get another load. Kid shows up for the drop and I go back and check it. It's like 30 yards! Biggest delivery ever. Going hard on the mulch this year for sure.
Awesome!
I never had any luck with Chip Drop in my area
@@ugmentertainment5912 That's unfortunate. Guess I'm lucky. There are a lot of trees around here. Gotta be free resources somewhere though.
Wow that is a huge amount of chip, amazing!
Thanks for this video! Our local power company has brought three loads of chips last week and should bring more next week. I told them we would take all they would bring us. I wasn’t sure about using fresh chips in the chicken run. Again thank you!
Love Sasha gasping at the windfall of worms! I appreciate listening to you ramble on with your thoughts on How & Why you move things about the garden. This is helpful to me. I really need to work on moving my pile of arborist chips that have lived in my driveway for oh…..year and 1/2? Hens love to visit that wee mountain every morning and dig thru a portion. One hen found either a huge worm or a 4” snake today and decided to scream and run thru the yard in triumph. Silly hen….she lost most of it to her sisters in a few moments. Very entertaining! 🐓🐓🐓
Fun story! Good reminder the value in those piles is there even just as a pile
We always say "we got a runner!" when they take off with a prize worm or grub.
@@charrasweeney-reeves2016 🤣🤣 Love that!
Trust us, no one thinks you are lazy when you are moving 15 yards of wood chips.
Thanks :)
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Or 18 yards... or 20 yards....
I just got 13 loads delivered. A company had 6 trucks working right down the road. I caught them just as they were starting. So we became the dump site. Have wine cap spawn ordered, and will order in lots more wigglers. But yeah! Really happy.
Edit: Oh, and to move mine I use a gorilla cart powered by a 12 yr old boy child. :)
You are set up for some really good things there! Yeah, have the 12 yr old move it around :)
So thankful you guys are sharing your process through this adventure, i'm in northern minnesota & looking forward to my first season working with chickens and definitely will be implementing a holistic and regenerative system like the entire chicken compost cycle you have here! So many benefits but especially stoked about the heat! I would not be able to do this if it wasn't for your innovations, your hard work is appreciated ❤
We're so happy to share and wishing you great success this upcoming season Lydia!
How exciting! I loved Sasha's gasp and your wry laugh! You are both so real and entertaining. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures @
So happy to share!
Woodchips (properly steamed and dried) are a common insulation in Europe. The chips provide approximately R-2 per inch, so you've just blanketed your yard with a lovely carbon-sequestering, all-organic R-48 insulation! Congrats.
I’m sooooo jeolous. I called last week to get mulch delivered and they said call back 3/1. Amazing your getting so much! What a blessing.
Very lucky moment here for sure
You lucky man wood chips are always welcome.
Me TOOOOO!!!
I'm in Central Texas where we just had a big ice storm last week.
It really devastated a lot of Live Oak & Cedar trees which both have leaves all year round, and there was so much ice the branches just got too heavy.
There are fallen branches and whole trees too all around us.
As a tree lover, it's really hard to look at...
But!
I'm making lemonade out of these icy lemons!!
I have already received
FOUR LOADS
of fresh woodchips!!
All 100% Oak, and none were diseased!!
Ha!! I'm so excited about all the chips!!
I have a lot of areas that have lost topsoil from erosion, and need to replace the soil.
I know it will take time, but I don't care, this is a really good way to replenish the earth around me.
Not to mention that IT'S FREE!!!
I wish I had chickens to help,
but I do have mushroom blocks to help break down all this wood!
Gotta work with what ya got!
I’m in northwest Arkansas, same ice storm here!
@Sharon Shepard
I hope y'all made it through with no property damage.
Aside from tree damage that is.
It's really sad looking at all those branches on the ground...
And then all can think of is
WOODCHIPS!!!
And I feel a little guilty...
But then I think
WOODCHIPS!!!
It's quite the roller coaster!
Always important to see what could be a sad situation as an abundance to work with
I have about 30 yards in my driveway for the past 6 months. Such a great resource for the chickens, compost pile, and garden. Fungi are making their way through my large piles and breaking them down so I am in no hurry to move it all.
I've had great luck using manure forks (5-8 tines spread 1.5" - 2" apart) for moving wood chips. The tiny frontal area makes it easier to get into the pile, and the small spacing between tines minimizes the chips falling between them.
Good idea thank you
Silage forks work well also
the really low spread forks are great for woodchips and the wide pitchforks are great for manure and compost
I am so jealous of your access to practically free beautiful wood chips like that! Also the amount of wigglers in there is mindblowing. Love it!
There are a lot of trees in our area
@@edibleacres Ye, I have looked at the map, really made me go visit upstate New York lol! I'm from Denmark where agricultureal land is about 60% and forests only around 14% sadly.
It’s been a little over a month using my food truck food scraps to do this system on a smaller scale with my chickens and I already have 1 yard of compost! Plenty for all my beds! It’s amazing! Thanks so much for teaching me! Now I’m teaching others
So so wonderful to read, wow!
That big pile of bread just sitting there while chickens scratch in the compost. Those are some happy girls there.
Ha, yeah . They tend to avoid the processed stuff since they have access to whole foods. We'll let the worms work on that stuff and transform it into something more useful.
@@edibleacres What about if you put a tray of grain in front of them? Do they still prefer the worms?
Love the channel especially your recent live feeds. Thankyou.
Happy to share
You have inspired me and I thank you! We just had a “chip drop “ delivery and it looked much like yours….It is sunset here in Pittsburgh….I have to lock my 5 hens in their coop for the night….they just started laying again….made our day!🤙
Congrats on chips and more eggs :)
Would love to connect with you, Thomas. We live in the Burgh and have been nervous about signing up for a chip drop.
@@jarrodkinkley1110 we signed up about….nine months…thought it was not going to happen….then…..BAM!….copious amounts of pine chips…yes hardwood would have been better but beggars can’t be choosers….I’m on face book…we are by Monroeville
Ahhh yes! I love woodchips! Just moved a load today! It feels like you can never have enough! 😂Great video, thanks for input, it’s always a pleasure to watch a tour of your chicken palace!
Happy to share
We get a couple chip drops per year. Working through one now! It's hard work, but so worth the cheap resource!
Nice, I own a tree service and also have a 1 acre property that I farm. I’ve dumped about 200-300 cubic yards of chips in the last 2 years. I also have neighbors dump tractor loads of horse manure. I mix the two together into large compost piles, turn it with a shovel then use to top dress my garden rows and pasture
Yeah, that will be pretty much amazing!
I know its hard work to take advantage of an unexpected bonus.
Had the exact same scenario happen about a week ago. Arborists working down the street, asked them if i could get some chips, gladly gave me a mountain and didnt want the 20 bucks but still took it.
Took 2 full days of moving using a recycling bin wheel barrow and im probably all set for a few seasons.
Taking your advice; I put swales in all the mounds so they take in water.
Now all i need is some wine cap spawn.
Great windfall, yay!
Golly... Your chips are so consistent in color and texture and size as compared to these videos I've been watching about "chip drop"... First time I'll be requesting free chips... I'm 75 and will be doing the labor myself... It's a 200 sq.ft.section running the length of the street curb... So spreading rather than transporting the material will be my job...(assuming a truck backup and dump from the curb) I LOVED THE WORM/ FOOD SCRAP/ LAYERING BIT ...🙋🌹GA USA 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Good luck to you and take your time!
Last month I moved 5 loads of wood chis all around my backyard, and covered most of the gras, first with cardboard and chips on top. I’m 73😅 Good thing that this stuff is light! Good bless you!
Once you have a 3'+ high pile of wood chips, the ground below will totally defrost and you will get heat. I used a 4'x4'x4' compost pile a few years ago to heat up my aquaponics system by adding a coil of 1" black abs pipe in the center of the pile. Kept inside the pond at around 70F even during freezing weather outside. You will see a huge worm population boon. That is until the spring when the sun will over heat the pile and the worms will burrow and leave the hot piles. I'm working on my aquaponic greenhouse right now. Have been late with all my projects. February is still close to freezing at night so I have time before I can plant seedlings, but I only have about a month to grow enough plants to cover my last summer and winter chicken runs. Yeesh! Never a dull moment.
You keep a full plate!
@@edibleacres It is hard. I have had three spine surgeries so far and need more. Because it is hard for me to get around, I've gained weight. Gonna try this year to lose weight and make my microfram successful. It seems every spring I have a setback that messes up my whole year. 2020 had a bad bird flu die off. 2021 I got COVID and was in the hospital, 2022 Mom broke her hip and I had to tend to her. Now it's 2023, and I'm really trying to get shit together.
Love your snow shovel and “pulled bin” technique. Chip Drop never came through for me either. It’s random “begging” with doughnuts that have worked for me! LOVE wood chips! And No-Dig (Charles Dowding).
Carolyn/Vermont Cat Lady
Good luck finding more resources!
I love your set up!!! Amazing!!! I am a 76 year old organic gardener from central Indiana. I also have wood chips delivered which I move with my garden cart. I certainly wish I had some chickens. Love your ideas!!! My 78 year old husband is a wonderful farmer but leaves all the gardening to me.
So inspiring to read you still going strong with all this :)
I love watching this video. Inspiring and reminds me i never need a gym membership. When a truck unloads at the front of our yard, i move it one wheelbarrow at a time to the back of our 3/4 acre lot, doesn’t sound far but keep moving it after work and with a flashlight, a little at a time is very rewarding❤.
wood chip pile R value varies .. I've read normal average is around ~1 per inch .. It can be as low as 0.6 per inch for dense packed hard wood wet piles .. to as high as 1.5 per inch for unpacked dry softwood piles.
Guessing this will be closer to 1.5 / in... That is pretty nice
Woooo! Score!!! Excitement. I'm jealous.
I feel like Joel Salatin's scale trickles down to your scale which trickles down to the scale of your nursery ops which trickles down to all of our even smaller scales. 8 laying hens here in Louisville KY and fully own the fact that I will have piles of stuff like cardboard, wood chips, and compost all over my property til the day I die. Happy winter!
Really happy to read this, we'll all keep doing what we can!
This is how we turn waste into gold. What a joy to learn gardening according to nature's design. Thank you
Our pleasure to share
That's fantastic, and the worms! I still have about 100 yards of wood chips to spread but they are filled with large twigs and chunks of wood. I wish they were as finely shredded as yours.
Maybe pile them, maybe throw in some food scraps, and spread a layer of dirt on them. If it is over dirt, worms will find their way in and break it down. Otherwise, shovel a bunch of worms from wherever your worms are eating and drop them in before covering with dirt, or even on top, then cover with cardboard. Worms make quick snack of carbon pile.
Thats a huge pile. Yeah, easier without the logs, but still doable . Just something to work at steadily until it's done I suppose
Future compost! I love wood chips! I got a huge load of hardwood oak chips last year. I am still working on it 😂
Absolutely wonderful! 😁🌱💚🙏✨
What a blessing!
You are an absolute BEAST! Keep up the good productive work. You could start selling some red wigglers as fishing bait as a side hustle.
Don't forget to swale your pile of woodchips. ;)
Thanks for the encouragement!
@@edibleacres seriously i think you underestimate how rich your space is with wrigglers. 15 or 20 count boxers of worms for 5 bucks, you've got hundreds of thousands of worms in your yard. obviously it's a regenerative practice but you might have the most worm rich soil i've ever seen.
Man i love that everything looks so wild and 'dirty' but everything is done for a purpose.
So many garden channels are so clean and everythings looks fancy af. Once i got a garden and a nice property it will look more like your place.
It's so awesome.
Just started watching you a few days ago and i'm so grateful that you share your adventures and give us so much information. Keep going with it and have a nice day!☀️☀️
Your hens are beautiful
Thanks kindly!
Didn't find it long winded at all! Great video, Thanks! Marjorie MA
Great to hear the happiness in your voice. 😀I signed up for chip drop, but I don't think they will deliver here during winter.
It is exciting to get such an influx of useful material . A bit overwhelming but very wonderful
@@edibleacres It's hard work, but rewarding in so many ways!
I absolutely love this kind of video! I love making rich dark healthy soil!
So great!
Can’t wait to start a new chicken run on the my new location! Thank you for your direction. 😊
Good luck!!
Wow what a windfall
Awesome vid as usual. Woodchips have blessed our gardens beyond belief. The best part is, our soil gets better and better each year. God bless you guys!
It's wonderful how much it helps the soil
Thanks for sharing! It’s always exciting to get the notification that you posted!
Worms, wood chips, food scraps, and chickens are a fantastic combination!
I have to remember to call all of the local arborists regularly this year to stay on their list. I’d love a few hundred yards of chips this year.
That is an ample load of wood chips to work with, wow!
Those clumps of worms are a thing of beauty!
I am so appreciative of this video. I wasn’t sure on how to start a compost and your video has given me some direction. Thank you so much
you are 100 percent on the money. wood waste is also has an antiseptic effect similar to the bar room use 70 years ago in the butchers and pubs in the uk!
What a fortune in carbon! Perfect timing too. All set for spring. Ask for their card or contact info and call them, when you can take ayet one more load after the next one.. Get them some baked goods so they'll remember you. I'd watch you shovel piles of wood chips every day.
I need to get the guys number so I can reach out, I plan to do that today if he shows up again
How healthy are red wigglers for chickens? Are they safe to feed chickens regularly? Are they more of a “treat”?
I can't say I know a scientific answer for that... Our hens go crazy for them, but tend to eat a bunch and then stop, so I continue to trust their ability to figure out what is best for them
I am so excited for you guys. That’s an amazing blessing.
Thanks for sharing the process
Loved it! All chicken garden updates welcome 😊
After moving all that you deserver a chillout.
"Lazy but effective" is something to which I constantly aspire.
Awesome job! Could you make a video detailing the fence(s) used to outline the chicken yard? I’d love to know how you made it, especially the style of fence
I'll try to remember to do that
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience. May peace be with you friend
Thanks Morty!
Awesome, have 20 chickens in chicago zone 5/6, been watching for years. Found you through drainage and land shaping videos, so interesting. Would love to see you moving and holding water through large scale ecosystems. Nice job both of you :)
Nice to have you with us!
Suburban homestead only allowed five hens. Is it doable and worth it? I think so I love chickens and I love their eggs 🥚
Still worthwhile I'd think
I made a mistake once year and put fireplace charcoal on my mulch pile and caused a fire. Best to add a layer of snow between coal and wood to make sure the char is smothered and the wood is properly moistened so it won't spontaneously combust. It's real scary once a fgood sized mulch pile starts burning. Very hard to stop it as well.
Very good reminder. . We only dump our ash on snow, or leave the ash pan in the garage for a day to fully cool down. The charcoal you see on the walkway is made in retorts in our stove and is absolutely cold before application...
6:17 I almost jumped out of my skin! 😂😂😂 Anyways, gorgeous worms! I have been wondering if I could just pile woodchips into the chicken run. This gives me the confidence to go ahead with it! Thanks for taking the time to upload the process! Your hens are so beautiful!!
Seems reasonable to pile woodchips in and see what happens.... So far it has all turned into compost somehow!
QUESTION Are you not worried about the chemicals that the state/County sprays along the electric lines? How do you choose what is good to use and what should be avoided? Thank you both for all the wisdom you share!
Does your area spray along your electric lines? Ours here, all they do is clip the tree branches back. They clip them much further back than I'd like, but that's all they do every few years. Most of the lines are getting buried though, so much less tree trimming for power lines as the years go on.
@Yee Vita They do both. They spray, to kill the underbrush. Which gets on the trees. And they cut back the branches. The water co.pany even came on our property, and sprayed all around the water meter. There were all sorts of flower bulbs there, that they killed. I am in KY. Seems they are spray happy, here. Like it is there go to for everything. They believe it saves them money in the long run. I don't think they should be allowed to spray these deadly chemicals without the LA downers permission. But then, they think they own it all. I am just the tenant! Even though I "bought" the land.
Most don't spray with anything. They just trim the area around the lines whenever it gets built up
They just cut everything around here as far as I know. . I haven't seen spray
I've had bad experiences with compost made mostly from wood chips. If there is any black walnut in it, it can stunt plants.
Thanks for another good video. The broom can be fixed by drilling a hole in the brush head and then fit the stick into it. Cheers
I think I've got a good way to fix that, thanks for the ideas!
R value of wood chips is about 1-1.5 per inch depending on the types of trees used to make the chips. This will be different from treated shavings that can have an r value of 2-2.5.
Gold medal to the person who correctly guesses the number of times "worms" was said in this video :)
This is my favorite Sean and Sasha and Juan video. Love seeing the wood chips. The more the better. I got a 18 yards in the fall. I want to get more wood chips after seeing this Video.
Pathway is good. I like the AM Leonard multiple purpose fork. Soo cool
Beautiful looking chips. Very finely chipped!
Great video
The rolling mound technique has been how I tumble my material through my pipeline. Congrats on the chip score!
Glad you have a flow that works for you
He said he’s going to keep chippin away at it….🤣🤣🤣🤣
:)
You and Paul from back to Eden are my two biggest inspirations to get out and garden! Just wanna say thanks man keep it up!!
Funny that you talk about sweeping up the wood chips from the driveway. I was always taught to use sawdust and chips on icy paths instead of salt because the wood offered grip and didn't damage the surrounding area with high salt buildup. The wood floats on top if the ice melts a little, then gets trapped in place again when the temp drops again. As for your poor broom, look into getting a Besom Broom. Very traditional and fun, and way better than mass-produced plastic stuff. If you can't make your own, support the craftsmen who are keeping the traditions alive.
Thanks for the note on chips and suggestion on broom. We looked at the broom and realized we can re-do the head with black locust, so it should last a bit longer
Máš super systém, riadim sa podľa teba a zatiaľ všetko vychádza, Ďakujem 👍
So glad you've found our system useful, best of luck on your project!
Good gravy. All i can think about is mushroom farming and rocket stoves and bedding and insulation and all the beautiful compost and worms and wow what an amazing resource, its hard to believe people are giving it away free, and yet i can't get anyone to drop dome off at my place ...... (I blame the awkward driveway and power lines, but i dont have a truck for pickups either ....)
awesome worm farm!
His sweet voice gets me every time #ASMR
Don't seem to mention that as an insulating layer that load of chips are going to heat up as the bacteria gets going and provide added warmth to the soil and chickens , love watching piles of chips steam off in the winter. Yoy might want to start dropping off buckets at coffee stands and pitching the grounds in there as well.
So much heat building up already!
Compost piles of wood chips get warm and sometimes smoke. Just keeping them wet really feeds the bacteria, fungi and is great for worms. I hate having my property rights denied by our building commissioner. He calls my chips trash. I'm fighting back and still looking for a attorney who will fight hard on my behalf and on behalf of my property rights.
That must be very annoying, seems like your building commissioner is the actual trash. Chips are the treasure and so are you! Wishing you luck!
@@edibleacres Thank you for your support. I get really depressed thinking of all the work I put in by hand and having it all threatened to be confiscated by the building commissioner. The only thing I can control is myself and my actions. This city is very pretentious. There are lots of people in this city who struggle just to feed their children. I hope I get to create a food forest where everything here goes to those in need.
Lucky...I've been looking for wood chips since May!
I got a chipdrop in my driveway four years ago and there's still a pile out there. It's a small pile now and I hope to use it this year.
Beautiful piles of gold, so awesome 😎
Super happy to have it
I sure wish Chip Drop would make a delivery to my place. I've been on the list for 3 years.😔
I made a $20 "donation" and two years later they showed up. If you don't mind sawdust, lumber mills are always looking to get rid of sawdust. Most bag it for free.
@Connie Walsh A mill near me will load you for free, but I'm told it isn't that healthy for goats and horses. 😔
You're right. My sawmill separates black walnut shavings. I know that's toxic. But a lot around here is ash, black cherry and oak. Good luck!
How balanced is the resulting compost? Will you need to amend with anything before using it as a soil amendment? This is a great system.
I GASPED when I saw the worms. That is goals right there!!
It still is shocking in a wonderful way when I see them. . Things are going in the right direction in there it seems :)
That sled is exactly what I’ve been looking for.
So perfect for frozen ground and a little snow
I SO wish I could buy your compost!
Me TOOO!
We never sell it but we share with community when they need it
love it,,thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Bułeczki wyglądają smakowicie, sam bym się chętnie poczęstował
Enough bread for everyone
What a great score of wood chips!
Bank those chips w/ greenhouse plastic/ tarp & rest for a while if ya need to! Nice resource. I just found a new to me local tree biz that will drop chips on request & I couldn't be happier as my previous source dried up. Thank you for sharing all the worms too! You guys always inspire me. I'm an urban grower in Lansing, Mi, zone 5b & I refer lots of local growers to your UA-cam channel. Epsom salt baths are absolutely self-care & self-love! Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks for sharing Patricia!
Great info definitely going to cover the chicken yard in wood chip
I need to do that again this year. However I dread the work. I guess it's better then pulling weeds though, and it's a lot better for my soil.
Fair bit of work but then it's done
You may want to remove the portion where you said you gave him $20. Believe it or not you could get him in serious trouble, you know how the government rolls. It may seem innocent to say but that should be kept quiet.
Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Commenting here to boost this comment and add my own.
I was gonna say similar, but suggest next time you offer something a little more dubious in terms of monetary value, as it will be seen as less of a bribe. Produce or a jar of jam seems reasonable.
@@joshuahall5670 or eggs! I give repairmen eggs, usually
@@mimi27513 that’s a really good idea!
I hear what you are saying and appreciate the sentiment. I do believe it is important for people who get windfalls of woodchips delivered to be reminded to tip the hard workers.
the fastest way to decompose wood chips is to keep it in piles. the chickens will love the mound and will eat off it for years. it will take 2 years for the chips to become the best compost you have seen. i have 3 huge piles (30' x 50' x 12' high) i have been rotating for 10yrs and have completely changed the soil of my property. i did not have to water my fruit trees all summer with no rain for 6 months.
Sounds like a really special system you've evolved, what a mountain!
@@edibleacres yes but you do not have to do it large scale like i do. just keep one truck dump in the original mound and in one year half your chicken feed will come from it AND you will have awesome compost in a couple of years AND you will not have to move it. i have a big backhoe loader so i can manage the large project but that is not realistic for you. individual mounds like the one you had will reduce in volume to 1/4 so if you have them dump where it can stay it would be ideal as it is much easier to move the smaller end compost to where you need it. for weed control, use the fresh chips as you have as it sucks nitrogen from weeds and renew the fresh chips in the spring.
I,m thinking about R20/foot of chips . People used to use wood chips to insulate their houses before the advent of fibreglass . Great video .🙏
Thats a fairly robust amount of r value!
Amazing! Compost sin() waves. Maybe cosines of compost. Compost cosines.
Compost cosines, I'll take it :)
R-value of solid wood, 2 feet deep would be, R-30. Chips seems likely to increase that.
That would be a great deal of R!
God bless your efforts to share with us how to save the world god bless your family
So nice of you