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Cut down a load of evergreens...what are my options with the waste?

  • 17-06-2016 8:00pm
    #1
    ..Brian..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭


    So I cut down a load of evergreens around the house. What are my options with all the waste? Do I need a wood chipper? Do I also need a skip or something to pile the chips in or can I use them for something else? Any other options?

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  • #2
    Fiskar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭Fiskar


    Trailer it to your local recycling centre where it is treated as compost, if no trailer or hitch then a skip is your only option.


  • #3
    The Sidewards Man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭The Sidewards Man


    Did you really need to do that massacre?


  • #4
    BreadnBuddha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭BreadnBuddha


    The Sidewards Man wrote: »
    Did you really need to do that massacre?

    FFS. No, he did it for the craic.

    OP, a contracter with a chipper will shred that lot in an hour. It'll cost less than a skip if you're happy to use it as mulch on the flower beds/borders instead of them having to haul it for you.


  • #5
    The Sidewards Man
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    The op may have had, we do not know. Lol hire a chipper for an hour.


  • #6
    BreadnBuddha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭BreadnBuddha


    The Sidewards Man wrote: »
    The op may have had, we do not know. Lol hire a chipper for an hour.

    That's a quick and easy job for someone looking to pad their hours on a quiet day in the area.


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  • #7
    The Sidewards Man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭The Sidewards Man


    There are chippers idle in every town for sure.


  • #8
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    PUT THEM IN THE BROWN BIN:D

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #9
    ..Brian..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭..Brian..


    Fiskar wrote: »
    Trailer it to your local recycling centre where it is treated as compost, if no trailer or hitch then a skip is your only option.

    Didn't think about that. Just rang the local landfill recycling centre and they said they would take it at 50 per tonne which seems reasonable. I have a van I can load it into. Can't imagine there being more than a tonne there.
    The Sidewards Man wrote: »
    Did you really need to do that massacre?

    Definitely man, overgrown and wild leylandii cypress, they were taking over the driveway and yard, not to mention blocking and crowding all the other lovely deciduous trees in the garden. They're worse than weeds then trees. Even with all the waste piled up there, the amount of extra light and space it's opened up is unreal!


  • #10
    ..Brian..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭..Brian..


    BreadnBuddha wrote: »

    OP, a contracter with a chipper will shred that lot in an hour. It'll cost less than a skip if you're happy to use it as mulch on the flower beds/borders instead of them having to haul it for you.

    Noob questions but is mulch different from that decorative bark you get in bags? Does it need to be treated or anything? Is there an advantage to the plants if I cover the flowerbeds in it (which is a definite possibility)?

    blue5000 wrote: »
    PUT THEM IN THE BROWN BIN:D

    I've tried to stack it all neatly beside the brown bin, I wonder will try do? Must try get it out before pay by weight! :)


  • #11
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    BreadnBuddha wrote:
    OP, a contracter with a chipper will shred that lot in an hour. It'll cost less than a skip if you're happy to use it as mulch on the flower beds/borders instead of them having to haul it for you.


    +1 on this


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  • #12
    Agent_47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 761 ✭✭✭Agent_47


    Thats one tiny brown bin, probably best to get a shredder in for an hour and get some mulch out of it


  • #13
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,109 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    ..Brian.. wrote: »
    Noob questions but is mulch different from that decorative bark you get in bags? Does it need to be treated or anything? Is there an advantage to the plants if I cover the flowerbeds in it (which is a definite possibility)?

    If he has a chipper it would be slightly thicker stuff than the decorative bark as it includes wood and is not just bark. If he has a shredder it would be finer product.

    Also it would need to be composted for 6 months to a year as it will give off some heat when composting down and could damage the plants in the bed.

    As a gardener, decorative bark is useless as a mulch, just dries up and blows around the place. Composted bark is much better, finer, esp if watered in after laying it out as it them forms a mat that dosn't blow away. You could also put newspaper under it as an additional layer.


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