Wood Chips

Mulch is one of the easiest and fastest uses for wood chips. Wood chips look great around trees, shrubs, and flowering plants and can easily define your landscaping designs. When properly applied, wood-chip mulch will provide insulation to keep the soil warm in cool weather and cool in warm weather, help retain soil moisture levels, and create a natural weed control for your landscaping. The wood chips will decompose over time and return nutrients to the soil, acting as compost in place.

A healthy compost needs a balance of green and brown material, oxygen, and moisture. Wood chips are an excellent brown material with a high carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. This is a great option if you have a lot of green material to balance the compost or can add a nitrogen-rich amendment, such as feather meal or bone meal. The heat generated by an active compost will help decompose the wood chips faster.

A backyard playset is a great addition for a family with growing children, but the ground underneath the playset can quickly get worn down from the activity or turn to mud when it rains. Wood chips are wonderful low-maintenance padding for a playset that will soften landings and reduce soil compaction. You can create a polished effect by building a low-key border to contain the wood chips. Design your border high enough to hold at least 6 to 12 inches of wood chips, depending on the height of the playset.

Wood chips also make a good weed and pest control border to limit invasive weed growth and redirect unwanted pests from your property. A strong border can stifle weed seed and reduce the opportunity for weed seedlings to flourish.

Creating beautiful, peaceful walkways that invite people into a new space and guide them to a destination is made easy and sustainable with wood chips. Depending on your taste or the level of formality the space requires, you could leave the walkway edges natural for a casual effect or create a border to contain the wood chips and offer greater definition for visitors and guests.

Whether it’s your backyard garden or a large nature trail, walkways built with wood chips will also reduce the effects of rain and snow so you can prevent slick mud runs during your walk. A thick layer of wood chips will help the water drain and keep your pathway clear. Add them around raised garden beds to keep your plots tidy and easy to access. You will need to occasionally replenish your wood chip walkways.

Half Yard: $2.50
Full Yard: $5.00
Cost Per Full Dump Truck (10 Yards): $50.00
**Delivery fee not included