What Happens to Woodchip if You Leave it in a BIG Pile for Months?

In this video, I show you what happens to woodchip when you leave it in a big pile for several months to compost down and make humus that is great for your garden and plants!
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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :) #humus #gardening #compost

[@amywalker7515]

This man deserves his own TV series. Never ever a disappointing episode.

[@venderstrat]

He's already got one. It's on KZbin!

[@daniellejames8028]

Except this one he called that big a wood cockroach now I'm forever changed lolololol

[@abseiduk]

Well I watch KZbin more then TV now. So he better off to have his own channel.

[@post-apocalypse1417]

Ive seen people run pipe through the compost heaps to make hot water without power.

[@sayit-sayit]

Ooooo that's a GOOD idea!

[@triciaoakley13]

What a.brilliant idea

[@SonderSurreal]

thats amazing!

[@Sackmatters]

I’ve seen similar videos. It is quite impressive. I’ve run across a video about a mans indoor garden that was self heating from the plants and compost so it was almost completely self sufficient.

[@ginawilliams7577]

Saw on TV years ago so done used to put a pot of food (stew, meat) into the compost (tight lid needed!) and a few hours later their dinner would be ready! Don't need a huge pile either to do it!

[@katrinakrakow5961]

I put about 8-12" down in my garden pathways. A year later, rake the top layer off the pathways and harvest the wonderful compost below. Replace the stuff raked off and add wood chips...no big pile, same awesome results!

[@Search4TruthReality]

Brilliant!

[@marlenen6130]

Exactly,I found jackpot humus underneath my wood chips in the far corner of the yard, where I had put a bunch of extra chip that was delivered. I was able to harvest a bunch and then restocked that area with garden waste now. The soil is so rich! I got some humachar and Azomite to layer in the chips/garden waste and I bought an electric wood chipper so I don’t have to send all those branches to the waste site but can keep it for my yard.

[@katrinakrakow5961]

@@marlenen6130 I got an electric chipper from Harbor Freight that does 1" or less, which works for most things for me, as I do annual or biannual pruning so branches are small. It's been working for a few years now!

[@oliverb5726]

This is the best, I do exactly the same. When we moved here, we had no ‘alive’ top soil let alone compost to speak of. Now we have so much we can give it away. Best thing we have done for the garden.

[@TheFreckledAppy]

I do the same thing

[@williamvillar7134]

Great "break down" of the wood chip pile, Mark! heh, dad jokes.

[@gregcollins3404]

Ya big fun gi too....

[@rantan1618]

I've found that piling the material up as high as possible has a great effect and helps the process go quicker. I think the weight naturally creates more heat as the matter breaks down. I pile my compost up 7-8 feet and watch it shrink over the season.

[@clb50]

And you're not worried about it starting on fire?

[@colonagray2454]

You keep it moist and keep smokers away and its fairly low risk.

[@CorwynGC]

It's not the weight, it's the volume to surface area ratio. Heat created goes as volume, while heat loss goes as surface area.

[@Selfsufficientme]

G'day Everyone, I'm a bit late for a weekend video release because I mistook humus for hummus and ate it with some cracker biscuits. Don't worry it composted down pretty well in the old tummy and I'm ok... Thanks for your support! Cheers :) Edit: BTW, if you are interested, Hoselink (not sponsored) just released a video story on me and I do recommend it for a good watch as the filmography is excellent kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnaYaYV-h9N0Y9k

[@3MISSISSIPPI]

:)

[@craig-alicious]

😄 youre a dork.

[@k.p.1139]

🤣

[@charlesbrightman4237]

Consider also: Taking some of that good compost, putting it in a container with some water, and making 'compost tea' for your potted plants and/or elsewhere. (To follow up your snack) :-D

[@nunofernandes9998]

Muahhhhhh Question; That Mountain... Dont you get rats or snakes or other pests on it?

[@gratefulMOMent]

Yes! I’m experiencing this firsthand. I have a corner lot home with a huge grassy lawn. It all started when my huge pine broke into our sewer line. We found an arborist to remove it. We chipped it up and I asked him to bring me more chips the next time he was in the neighborhood. So I got a big block of cardboard already pressed from the grocery store. Covered 1/2 my yard in cardboard & chips. My arborist brought 2 more loads so they sat over winter in heaps. Now spring is here and we have the most delightful soil!!!

[@Devoneakapimp]

Is it all completely soil?

[@colonagray2454]

Probably not all of it, but definitely the bottom foot or so. Even in arizona sun i have beautiful words filled hummus forming in my sandy clay yard. Definitely worth the effort

[@gratefulMOMent]

@@Devoneakapimp hi! It’s been almost a year. Sorry I didn’t see this until I saw the comment below. The chips ended up being about 3’ deep over 1/2 the yard. I put up t-posts with fencing (small holes) from a roll on the border of my lawn to keep it all in. I added 18”trenches of compost into it (making sure the soil level was even to the chip) and grew great veg & flowers out of this last year. I should describe better for you... At the time I dug down into it I found great soil breaking down where the cardboard was. In this last fall I added about 2’ of leaves from my neighborhood over the whole area. It’s still covered in snow now but it’s expected to thaw out in the next week or two. I figure with the previous breakdown at the cardboard level combined with the compost on top, & the leaves breaking I’ll have even better soil.

[@Devoneakapimp]

@@gratefulMOMent thanks for responding

[@gratefulMOMent]

@@colonagray2454 yes you’re correct! The bottom part after the 1st winter of chips was a nice bit of soil that was actively breaking down. The cardboard was still intact. The top looks like snow right now, but before it did that it still looked like beautiful chip that’s slowly breaking down underneath. I’ll check to see if there’s any cardboard to be seen after the snow melts. I’m hoping to eventually have it even with the old “lawn” having a huge area of rich garden soil. I’m in northern Utah where it’s very hot & dry in the summer while being very cold & snowy in winter. I’d like to have the rest of the lawn “disappear” in the same way eventually. Like I said it’s a large corner lot. I’m doing it all by hand while gardening & all my other responsibilities in life so it’s going to take a cpl more seasons.

[@rhysdehaan]

Thanks to you, I'm starting my own food forrest and vegetable garden, along with some hens.

[@garulusglandarius6126]

Lucky so and so 👍

[@junekroner6382]

Gardening is a blast. Rhys, you are right; he is inspiring; I learn many things from him. I would relish having some chickens and ducks and maybe a goat. But, I live in a covenant neighborhood, and it is not allowed. I can't even have a clothes line. I'm not really complaining because their are many things I love about my neighborhood. One thing is it has lots of trees, and we aren't allowed to cut them down so as to maintain the forest. Some may say I should move to another neighborhood or move to the country (outside the city limits) and get some acreage, then I could do what I want, etc. But, it's not feasible for me.

[@KimberlyBarkdoll]

Omg, YESSSS!!!!! GOod for you! GO, Go, go!!!!! I am on the path as well!

[@rhysdehaan]

@@junekroner6382 sorry to hear that and thanks. Are you still able to grow some veggies?

[@capnpugwash5403]

Great stuff, just keep the chickens separate from anything you want to keep or grow, they have benefits but are also a real pain.

[@saltlifess6226]

Mind has been sitting g for a year and he's right it's fantastic for the garden!

[@MarkConwayTheBurgerKing]

Been spreading out my decomposed woodchip heap that's been sitting for a couple of years. Beautiful sweet Humus for the veggie patch

[@sweepingtime]

'Garden of Edan' oh man it's worth hiring them for that pun alone.

[@liamsmyth2917]

Mark, I love these crazy experiments you do! Can’t wait to watch, you teach us all so much! Hello from Ireland 🇮🇪 😃

[@vidili68]

I too Have a good day be safe

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@vidili68 Lol “be safe.”

[@lynnbry1556]

Add some Stropharia mushroom substrate, particularly if it’s mostly hardwood. Faster breakdown and dinner after a thorough rain or soaking.

[@baronsprout4927]

This man is unintentionally the funniest gardener on KZbin. Comedy is important ...hence I’ll happily watch gardening videos from an Ozzy even though I’m in England.

[@pricklypear7934]

That Grub was huge! Thank you. And I love your Dad jokes!

[@pricklypear7934]

@@harryberrys3143 ha! I've never heard of a grub tasting like peanut butter. I think texturally speaking it would be nasty.

[@brianstoner5424]

Watch every video love respect from Toronto Canada we love our aussie Brothers sisters gob bless 🙌

[@jackbits6397]

I just discovered that my town give them away just pick them up. A week later my pile is getting larger and larger. I'm a little embarrassed how giddy I am over it 😂

[@noniemarley7012]

Make sure there is NO walnut chips, they will kill your plants. Happy growing.

[@blackc1479]

They give away "immature" compost here, and ive heard mixed results, but hell, get it, let it sit for however long and sift the result. My prob is that their hours are stupid. Closing at 11 am on sat? Seriously? But ive been picking up small pickup loads of mulch every few weeks from a local place, and they have old stuff too, so now that i have 4 raised beds up.... It sucks that its too late this year but i am actually excited to have a full years growth next year.

[@Fragrantbeard]

@@noniemarley7012 The science doesn't bear that out for mature plants. Maybe seedlings. Juglone isn't the end of the world.

[@hhiippiittyy]

@@Fragrantbeard From my experience, with a huge Black Walnut tree in my backyard, I would avoid juglone when possible. It's mostly in the newer growth and nuts and casings, if I'm not mistaken, so maybe the chips are fine, especially if it's normal walnut and not the black variety.

[@DB-oh5dx]

Utility company was trimming trees by my house. Saved the guys a trip to the dump and I got free ground cover. (Gave the kids some beer money though). A year later I have better soil and I'm not watering as much.

[@lindajean780]

I Love this man! Maybe it is because he Loves what he is doing, Gardening!🤗🙋🏽‍♀️💯🙋🏽‍♀️💞

[@WheelerRanch]

You, Sir, are a Gardening Rockstar, thank you for all you share, from Livermore, California.

[@pappawheely]

I agree from Columbia, Calif.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

Are you guys up in Nor Cal? I’ve never heard of Livermore or Columbia, California - I’m a native Southern Californian gal.

[@WheelerRanch]

@Anti-Ethnic Cleansing, yes , directly 35 miles east of San Francisco

[@brettwhite5906]

The value of the information you share is immeasurable! I always look forward to the next video. Content, personality, and quality make you videos almost addicting. Thank you for all your efforts.

[@MrBoggles]

Used to love mulch time when dad would order a truckload of the stuff.. and as you dig through the middle, heat and decomposing eucalyptus would hit you.. loved it!! Hated doing the job! But enjoyed the digging part

[@chargermopar]

I use a horizontal composting method where I do not turn the piles but water them and grind them with a mower as new material is added. It looks like soil and hardly any brown matter is visible.

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

It guffaws me when people spend So Much money to fill a raised bed! In the past, I've arranged with the tree company I deal with to drop a load here. They don't charge for it but I do tip the driver for bringing it. I'll do that again when my Birdie comes in.👏🙂 Thanks Mark!💜

[@jessicamiller7539]

Yes I filled some birdies recently and my in-laws mentioned they had a trailer load of green waste that needed to go to the tip. You can bring that round to my place!

[@athomewithdanrichards1348]

Set up my first compost bin last week. Amazing to see, when you start collecting it, how much food waste you would usually dispose of. Already planning to set up a 2nd! My 3 year old checks the compost bin everyday and asks when the wriggly worms will come? 😁😅

[@IteMaledicti]

I'm sure you know, but I think they might like to see one of those clear container worm bins! Fun (faster in my experience) visual way to see how bugs help us in our daily life. You can generally find them cheap on amazon or a DIY would be a fun little adventure for you and your little one.

[@amwartwork]

buy a wormery.

[@MrBiggybit]

My plants will now be able to Conquer the earth with this new found knowledge

[@erichaskell]

I mix equal parts native soil, wood chips and composted manure. In all of my planting including my garden I replace all of the soil with this mixture. Seems to work well.

[@FloridaGirl-]

My neighbor was an arborist and a tree trimmer guy. He had his own huge boon w/ chipper. Whenever he had huge pine jobs. He would dump it end of my drive by the barn. Was the only thing I mulched with. It was the most awesome stuff. And of course, you need to have the room for such a pile. Was on 10 acres. Now I’ve moved to FL. We have huge slash pines. in fall when needles fall. I go raking on vacant streets and collect the needles. And mulch with those still. Continued layering. Has turned this sandy soil into great dirt. Great vid! Like I always tell “non Gardeners”, who look at you like you are crazy. Hey think of the forest floor! 👍

[@jerryhoefs5803]

G'day Mark from the States! Thanks for all the great info you put out. Just a note on the humorous-(a bone in the upper arm, radius and ulna are in the forearm- just FIBula ing you! Have a great day!

[@lauradissinger5404]

I was going to comment the same thing then saw your comment. It really makes it more hysterical when he just points and says things.

[@SimonHaestoe]

LOL@the double meta humor at making a dad joke ABOUT a dad joke and then making 5 more in a row :D. You, sir, are a master

[@mcadamsrandy]

Hey Mark. Thanks for the Epic Gardening tip for getting Birdies beds in the US. So far made 2 orders through them. Really good people. I had one little problem with your discount code on the second order and the owner responded to my email and made sure the SSME code was added to the second order. I'm impressed with them and I sure that we are in for a long relationship. Thanks again Mate from your fan in east Texas.

[@oliviarackley1503]

I love your videos you could charge money for your vast knowledge but you graciously do not! Thank you so much good sir if we go through a social collapse soon your teachings on growing food will save lives.

[@capnpugwash5403]

Hi from Grenada W.I.. just chipped a load of coconut branches and dead coconuts. Plus prunings from other trees, so that stuff that doesn’t go in the propagation bags for the new coconut plants can sit and fester until it’s black gold. Nice one. 😎

[@danielb1877]

Thank you for this video, good sir! Great humor, too! I've made some good contacts with a few tree companies and have had 8 loads delivered already (64 cubic yards). I have the room... so I think I'll keep the chips coming.

[@Lou.B]

Great video! I loved seeing the stratified layers in your woodchip pile and your description of what's going on and how it can be used! THANKS for all your work!

[@shinobidesu5560]

I never thought watching a video about a pile of wood chips would be so therapeutic.

[@tatts4life838]

I remember growing up my dad had a HUGE grass clippings and fall leaves compost pile. One year my parents wanted to move it and the amount of black gold dirt underneath was amazing. Ever since then they couldn’t recreate the process in the new compost pile location

[@junekroner6382]

Did they ever figure out why they could not recreate the process?

[@klarag7059]

@@junekroner6382 following

[@h.s.6269]

Interesting

[@Skorpychan]

@@junekroner6382 Didn't have the microbes and stuff in the soil for it.

[@Skorpychan]

@Meep Meep Sounds a little excessive compared to just getting set up to have a pile on the go all the time so there's always some to use. I'm more of the 'pile it and leave it' persuasion, though if I need more I can just swipe a bunch of mixed certified stuff from work, since the testing doesn't use up everything it calls for. I can probably get away with taking soil as well, but it's all been dried out and ground to powder, and probably needs mixing with the compost to bring it back to life.

[@kartoffelwaffel]

I love how I can watch your videos at 2x speed and you're still perfectly understandable

[@nicolasgoodison2287]

I'm just amazed you still have your tomatoes going! I imagine that stuff acts as an amazing booster for your compost bins too.

[@peterjf7723]

I used to have an old wood chipper, not possible to take it with me when I moved to Turkey from the UK. I gave it to a friend and he has restored it and is making good use of it.

[@stoojinator]

8:48 - a bit of a Russell Coight moment then, Mark? :)

[@ajbunn2956]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Fav show of all time!

[@rogerramjet7246]

Holy Moly that grub was the size of a 🍤 prawn . A healthy garden 👍👊🏻

[@nataliemarshall3991]

Hi Mike, I loved your video on how woodchips break down into compost. Excellent presentation. I know quite a bit about soil from an environmental perspective, but little horticulture. I learn all this from you. The explanation was pitched just right. And the most important part is that you explain how long it takes to 'make soil' and how much we need to respect the process.

[@AdventuresandLifestyle]

OUtstanding work int he Descrciption. Outstanding and clear explainations about Humus.

[@fionaharvey2720]

Loved this video I have a small pile of wood chip in the garden from last year, I’m away to have a look at it and see what it’s like! ☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@james-jq8sk]

Love Mark's sense of humour...

[@botherchriswinkler]

If you want to have a static woodchip pile, then you'd do much better to add some perforated drainage pipe underneath the pile, and then hook a fan that is set for intermittent air flow. Add green material, and turn the pile when it gets up to 160 degrees F or 71 degrees C. The airflow is meant to keep it from reaching that temp (hence "static") but it doesn't always work.

[@BangBangBang.]

I can answer this as the best expert on the issue. It all breaks down. I have a 60,000 mt pile right now. We don't necessarily like "the bottom" but it tells us the pile has been there for too long.

[@3MISSISSIPPI]

That was a giant grub!!! Have you tried grilling those? :)

[@MrGaiden100]

I swear man you are the Steve Irwin of Gardening!! Just as excited and passionate about it!

[@DonPandemoniac]

Inspired by you and other great gardeners, but without a garden, I've started a compost bucket on my balcony. It needs some time, but even at such a low scale it does provides a fine compost to add to my pots. I can only imagine the potential of that heaping mountain you have there!

[@lynnbishop9493]

You will find if you get a few big fat garden worms, not composting worms, but the big ones and put them in your compost bucket, the compost will break down faster. Everyone goes crazy about worm farms, but I truly believe that garden worms are buy far more important for plant health.

[@marilynschultz6745]

My home owner's association arranged for this project without giving the homeowners a chance to bring up concerns. It is happening right now. 11/28/22 near Santa Cruz, CA, USA. The swale is precious with many species of mushrooms, insects, etc. and it is visited by fox, deer, coyotes, and other animals.

[@downunderveggiegardendiaries]

Mark’s Burning The Midnight Oil again 😁👍.

[@NigelStratton]

Who ever thought wood chips could be exciting!

[@sharleent1561]

Thank you for sharing this with us! I've been buying bags of hummus for my plants and now I know how it's made and also how great it is for my plants!

[@jessicamiller7539]

Bonus composting is the best. I composted all our summer grass clippings by layering all our paper and cardboard waste (christmas was a bonus for extra cardboard!). I've only just now lifted the plastic off and raked the stuff out across the front yard. It is the lightest, fluffiest compost I have ever made.

[@SpeshoolK]

Love your sustainable agriculture videos and appreciate you shedding some light on the humification process :) I'm sure Mark already knows this tip but for everyone else: Humification is the first and most important step of the composting cycle and should be encouraged as much as possible. For low-maintenance composting consider introducing some white-rot fungi (oyster mushrooms are the best choice as they don't consume living wood and are edible) and wetting down your chip pile once or twice a week.

[@hallsgreenandseeds4505]

Mark thank you for changing my life. Anyone can become self sufficient and help in nourishing our earth and families. Thank you for the inspiration 🙏 Hope everybody on here is well.

[@CaroleHaddon]

Amen to that!! I'm in it for the salads and jam, HAHA!! All is well here in Flint, Michigan! Hope y'all are staying healthy, too!

[@PickNicole]

Thanks Mark for another awesome video! Your spirit is so jovial; your passion for gardening shows in all your videos. Your teaches are very valuable to me

[@tomfisher3117]

Excellent video. I've used wood chips for about 8 years. Last year we were out of the country and I didn't garden. Three years ago I piled up a foot of wood chips in my garden and most have decomposed by now. I dug into it and it was loaded with worms and black gold. This is a wonderful idea and it works! Thanks!!!

[@marjanaavsec8392]

This year I dugout my garden, and filled it wit 2 feet of wood chips, then returned the soil back on top of chips. We had several free 🚚 delivery❣️😅

[@mattcourty6322]

We had a tornado several years back and the city used an abandoned shopping center parking lot to pile massive hills of wood chip from all the downed trees. We're talking piles of thirty or forty feet high, filling a parking lot of a large shopping center. Witnessing this I can vouch for the heat that builds up. The piles caught fire several times and had to be doused by the fire dept.

[@bmarie73]

Your enthusiasm is quite contagious.

[@GrowingOrganicTvShow]

I was told to pick up some hummus for the dipping chips, I got humus instead. It didn't go well at the party! haha

[@dislikedez]

I don't garden but watched this whole video, very informative.

[@adedow1333]

Thanks for all this great information! I love watching your channel! We recently got a spot in our community garden and we've started filling in our little patch with all kinds of fun things! I'm especially excited for my little ones to learn how to work in the earth and see what lovely things we can harvest!

[@kerriefaichney4901]

I agree 100% Mark.....l hv bought countless truck loads of mulch it is so good.....2 years ago l muched my pumpkin bed with aged eucalyptus mulch and it saved it got it growing over summer! Love it so much!

[@sdspivey]

If you turn the pile each week, you'll get more of the material to break down, faster (it adds more O2). It also helps keep nearby plants from running roots through the pile and keeps roaches and rodents from accumulating. Turning is good exercise and gives you plenty of podcast/audiobook listening time. (I had a pile almost that size that I turned nearly daily for about 2 months. After sifting, I had about 3/4 of the pile that had particles smaller than window screen.)

[@marshellekennedy149]

You turned a whole wood chips piled with you muscle?? How do you even get to the middle??

[@amandasanders7373]

I own a tree trimming business. And I have started adding chickenshit to all the wood chips and brush chips to make my own compost. I found out that just leaving the wood chips by themselves it takes forever but by adding this high nitrogen manure it really speeds up the process.

[@ceruleanfirefly67]

Love this video, Mark! Thanks for it. I accidentally did this with some wood mulch I had delivered last year. Some sat for quite some time! This spring, I had a small mound left, and the inside was quite like this humus you show here! I decided to use this mound to plant my potatoes in. I'll let ya know how it goes!

[@ryashonb7658]

How'd it go?

[@elizabethveness7340]

Never thought of contacting local tree loppers. 👍 Now to get active and get gardening. Cheers

[@DualityMan]

Dude, you should start a fitness channel too, you have some gnarly forearm muscles i've never seen before lol. Awesome gardening tho, thank you for keeping all of us educated.

[@SilkySnow_]

Farmer carries, hanging, and climbing. Just the first one will give you some strong af forearms, if you manage all 3 you gonna have some giga muscles.

[@huntermccoy7641]

just use your grip every day for years thats all it takes

[@omo195205]

I also had a pile of mulch I just left to break down due to too much effort to move, so I ended up growing a heap of cucumbers in it. Was awesome. It a humorous thumbs up from me ....

[@trillium7582]

That Hamas joke made me laugh out loud.

[@mikevitali6799]

Me too

[@Rottengoal]

Me too but I knew there would be at least one heated discussion about it in the comments

[@strange5253]

Honestly mate, you deserve a regular gig on TV. You've got the passion of Steve Irwin and the dry-wit of (and uncannily similar voice as) Lawrence Mooney. Then again I think you seem to be doin' pretty well without the need for all that extra "humus" of show business. Rock on brother

[@Prodmullefc]

Forget not having a *big* backyard, I just have a 6'x20' pavement between me and the next house. I don't know why I watch these videos when I don't have the room or ability to do any of this cool stuff..

[@Angela-pj5xy]

I'm sure you have heard this before but a couple of plants in containers can be very rewarding. In addition, I tend to more successful with a few small pots than with a big bed.

[@Prodmullefc]

@@Angela-pj5xy oh yeah, i'm aware. I have an aglaonema and a small schefflera in my house. I'd like to try composting but I just don't have the room for a pile, and if I didn, it wouldn't be worth it just for two houseplants haha. I'll take what you said to heart though. Maybe I look for a way to do it within my means.

[@sheevmuhqueen726]

I compost my kitchen scraps on my balcony in a garbage can. Produces great humus when you get the recipe right. Where there's a will, there's a way.

[@tcanderson1313]

You can grow a beautiful garden in containers

[@Andy7050]

You're the hero this world needs my friend. Cheers from Texas.

[@stokesseegers5012]

"Or Hamas, but let's NOT get into that" lol don't get demonetized now

[@Prodmullefc]

ngl I chuckled at that tho

[@tabp8448]

@@cyahick5838 is amazing how many words and phrases are censored!

[@Prodmullefc]

@@cyahick5838 there's no logic to it either. it autodeleted my comment when I said r3dd|n3kk last week, which is a word I don't think anyone even get offended by. Even the people it's used against don't really seem to care.

[@multicoloredwiz]

@@cyahick5838 so true. the tyranny of children with leukemia must end. this quote is from a neonazi for those who don't know lol.

[@cyahick5838]

​@@multicoloredwiz \/0|ta1r3 was a French philosopher from the 18th century, some 200+ years before h1t|3r's ideology. He could best be described as a classical liberal, which has nothing to do with modern definitions for "liberal"; another word, like "nat|0n4l s[]c|al1sm" that you don't understand.

[@geldanem.t.5515]

I come here to relax and your content more than often puts a smile on my face. Thank you for the gift of you !🌸

[@johnnywhite1681]

My dad almost died from the mold that had grown in a wood chip pile. Be careful and protect your lungs!

[@orchidgarden3124]

Yes! I wear a mask!

[@SilkySnow_]

Precious info, thanks for sharing!

[@dreadeddm5580]

I think he does but he’s states it’s hard to hear him under it. But thankyou for this tip!

[@Da_cat12]

I had a huge termite nest develop in a load dropped off from the tree service. Thankfully it was not close to my house. I was leveling the pile out to be about 3 inches in depth and exposed it. I scooped up some of the larva to feed to the chickens. By the next day they had relocated their entire nest!

[@neverlostforwords]

@Meep Meep I have 3 cubic metres of fresh elm tree pruning chippings sitting in a heap and would like to innoculate the heap as you have done. What do I do? Buy some mushrooms and put them in the pile here and there? Thanks.

[@ebonygibson4333]

You remind me of Sir David Attenborough very passionate about the the Worlds resources and saving them. May you continue your journey for a longtime to come - Godbless

[@timklieber6085]

I'm really lucky, my municipality offers free wood chip pick up from the bulk waste dump

[@LayZeeDawg]

Always leave the large tree work to the pros they're experienced and insured ! A few hundred spent is well worth the cost of a crushed out building, damaged home, broken bones or your life.

[@amwartwork]

Mark in lockdown last year i watched tonns of your videos and u inspired me. i just moved into a new place with a big garden. last years garden was a great reap success and even more this year. i waste NOTHING. absolutely nothing!!

[@Ncantes]

Mark would adding something like blood & bone help the process??

[@oliviawhittaker2334]

Lol

[@ondrejpeters9210]

Hi Mark, when you mentioned that your scar was not a shark bite, can I ask what was it then? Thanx :) great videos btw.

[@southofthesticks]

Army injury. Jumping out a plane. VERY lucky to be alive. He's done a video about it a while back. We're lucky to have him !

[@sueyoung2115]

@@southofthesticks seems like he had some more important things to do!

[@southofthesticks]

@@sueyoung2115 Yeah, so true Sue, and Thank Goodness for that. Imagine what we would be missing out on. He's my favourite Aussie grower (even though we've got alot of great ones here) and he's good for a laugh ! He's a good egg !

[@markblix6880]

Come to think about it, I remember seeing some paratroopers getting ready at the door. When the guy at the door opened it up, he ran his hand around the opening.

[@K-Kil]

Check around your area for a pile of "free mulch." My local municipality dumps wood chips next to the fire station in the back of the lot, and I sift the humus into a bucket for when I rejuvenate planters. It's also really good for kick starting a compost pile.

[@Tijnas617]

Lol you had me at Humours > Hummus > Hamas :') I don't think I've ever seen those three things being discussed in one sentence/ paragraph :') *Edit: Humorous

[@WakandaBabe]

I have a pile of wood chips in my driveway and yes, it breaks down into really good stuff. The parks department here delivers it free because they have so much.

[@bryansmith844]

He pulled a grub out that was as big as a damn donut

[@GARDENER42]

Witchetty grub - they're edible, raw or cooked on the barbie...

[@requenewsome7250]

Thought no one was going to comment about that!!

[@annereynolds66]

Yes , lol

[@christinedewing4577]

I wondered what kind of grub that was. I have enough heebie jeebies with the small beetle grubs, never mind one that huge!

[@Jonno2020]

a Rhinoceros beetle grub?

[@t.4999]

The kind of dad jokes I wish I will be making when I’m Mark’s age 🤣🤣 you are brilliant mate. Love watch how you make even a bloody pile of woodchip a interesting topic worth watching for 10-15 mins ae 😂 now I’m getting a few loads of wood chip form local gardener’s and gonna watch it turn into humas 👌🏼

[@tiffanyfrehleyyeshuaismy0153]

… G’day, ya big gardening man. 💪🏼 👨‍🌾 😁🤗🌸 🌱 ✝️

[@jerrydidonato1434]

Thanks for the tip Mark, I love the smell of the finished product, nature's perfume literally.

[@bronsonperich9430]

We have a local charity that does tree plantings around the town. They always leave ginourmous piles of wooodchip when they're done. And they encourage you to take as much you want. So all my planting was done with woodchip at various stages. Top stuff for mulch. Bottom stuff for planting medium. Lots of bugs esp. worms.

[@LuizFelipe-lk1hs]

Imagine going to a store looking for some hummus and you come back home with some humus?

[@briancrispano828]

Just keep adding grass clippings and lightly turn it over and it while speed up the chips

[@Jonno2020]

Yes that's good.. I mulch everything on the property and catch the mower grass clippings and add it and turn it.

[@Rhyswithoutherspoon]

My municipality, here in Canada, offers free compost and mulch to residents. Always check with your local municipality too.

[@snewsan6645]

I'd like to own a chipper but they're really expensive, especially now.

[@monicam.8006]

I think it depends upon where you are and what type you need. I intend to buy one that is only about 120.00 USD.

[@pappawheely]

@@monicam.8006 Wood chipper ?or leaf shredder I bet.

[@Skashoon]

@@monicam.8006 I too have researched the cheap ones. Almost 100% of them are made in china and the reviews aren’t good. They can only handle smaller limbs than advertised and jam frequently. I plan to spend a but more to get a more dependable chipper. My branches are mostly 1-3” in diameter and wouldn’t work with a cheaper machine.

[@tabp8448]

@@monicam.8006 if it's from harbor freight, be wary. I bought one and it worked for about 2 weeks, now it's too dull to chip anything

[@snewsan6645]

Good wood chippers aren't cheap. And there's no where in town to rent one. I don't want to pay a middle man. So I have to save money to get what I want.

[@JonathonBarton]

We're seeing this process in a pile of chip we got just a few weeks ago. Happens faster than you'd think! The top of the pile is like the top of your pile, and about 6 inches down it's like the middle of your pile. Haven't got to the bottom yet, though!

[@sayitaintso7544]

He genuinely seems happy. You can tell the enthusiasm of someone who really enjoys their hobby or field of work. Mmm land shrimp 3:52

[@orionthehunter9107]

A couple months ago I had a large tree cut down. I let the tree cutters know that I wanted the wood chips pulled in the backyard. I didn't know what to do with all of it. Now I know, leave it till next year and use it in my new garden. Great video with awesome descriptions of the breakdown of matter.