Mulch and compost? I saw something once about using it as insulation in sheds and outbuildings (not in home due to fire risk)
Honestly I don’t think I could use that much sawdust before it started to rot/compost.
Obfusc8er
That’s a waste of those trees…
Rhoiry
My grandfather ran a sawmill for years. So like you he had plenty of sawdust. When he would transplant the seedlings from the greenhouse to the garden, he would cover the dirt with 2-3 inches of sawdust.
Never really had to weed as everything but the good plants were covered by sawdust.
At the end of the season, it just got tilled under to rot down and add humus and compost to the soil.
Man grew the biggest cabbages I have ever seen…
space_ape_x
Growing gourmet mushrooms like piopinos, shiitake
Competitive_Wind_320
If you use it for a garden I wouldn’t put too much on the surface. It is very fine and will not aerate the soil very well.
-Gordon-Rams-Me
A little ? 😂
Arist0tles_Lantern
mushroom growing substrate!!
socalquestioner
Reforest back with better timber and a plan to responsibly log.
I would find areas of soil you want long term improvement in and use the branches to start hugelkultur beds and turn the sawdust into the soil with a good turning plow.
weaverlorelei
Dad was a cabinet maker, we had tons of sawdust. Mom was an avid gardener. Don’t add plain sawdust to garden, either as mulch or amendment, without adding a fair amount of fertilizer. The sawdust will tie up all nutrients as it decomposes- yes, we lost lots of plants. Even used as mulch, it sucks nutrients and forms a layer of impenetrable crust that repels water.. We used seaweed and dead fish found on the beaches at fertilizer
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Mulch and compost? I saw something once about using it as insulation in sheds and outbuildings (not in home due to fire risk)
Honestly I don’t think I could use that much sawdust before it started to rot/compost.
That’s a waste of those trees…
My grandfather ran a sawmill for years. So like you he had plenty of sawdust. When he would transplant the seedlings from the greenhouse to the garden, he would cover the dirt with 2-3 inches of sawdust.
Never really had to weed as everything but the good plants were covered by sawdust.
At the end of the season, it just got tilled under to rot down and add humus and compost to the soil.
Man grew the biggest cabbages I have ever seen…
Growing gourmet mushrooms like piopinos, shiitake
If you use it for a garden I wouldn’t put too much on the surface. It is very fine and will not aerate the soil very well.
A little ? 😂
mushroom growing substrate!!
Reforest back with better timber and a plan to responsibly log.
I would find areas of soil you want long term improvement in and use the branches to start hugelkultur beds and turn the sawdust into the soil with a good turning plow.
Dad was a cabinet maker, we had tons of sawdust. Mom was an avid gardener. Don’t add plain sawdust to garden, either as mulch or amendment, without adding a fair amount of fertilizer. The sawdust will tie up all nutrients as it decomposes- yes, we lost lots of plants. Even used as mulch, it sucks nutrients and forms a layer of impenetrable crust that repels water.. We used seaweed and dead fish found on the beaches at fertilizer