Mutha. Fuggin. Chipdrop

[u/AlltheBent]

I love chipdrop and I wanted to hear others stories about their chipdrops

I started using it 5-6 years ago when I moved into my current home. Got wood chips all over the yard to smother weeds here and there, establish future beds, create a path, and make a stockpile for composting.

Best use by far tho was about 1 foot or so deep pile spread out over parking pad which I used for raised beds for veggies, cut flowers, and natives for seed/propagation. After 1 season of all that breaking down and shrinking some, the year 2 veggies and plants grew explosively! Hands down best season of anything I've grown in raised beds before, it was epic. Looooootta greens and cut material and stuff tho, so I had to figure out my composting setup

Tumblers to rescue while I figured my pile goals out, so having all the wood chips were perfect tumbler fuel. And then while the tumbler did its thing and dripped tumbler juice and shit, wood chips below soaked all that in and I barely noticed!

Fast forward to my pile setup now...made possible by wood chips! Recent 30-40 cubic yard delivery of chips was biggest I've gotten by far, thankfully driver dumped it outta the way at back of lawn/yard. With chips as the base, building a pile with cattlepanel until its about 5' tall, kitchen scraps and wood chips, occasional grass cuttings from lawn but mostly food scraps. I guess I'll turn it eventually once its completely full to the top?

Been kinda fun digging random holes around the yard, burying a full pail of kitchen scraps, then covering with wood chips. squirrels and birds and other critters have left them alone so far, and im probably jinxing myself now, but man its funny looking but older ones have kinda/sorta disappeared and leveled out? Wood chips!

The feeling of shoveling decomposed wood chips, which are basically black gold soil/compost/plant fuel, into raised beds and containers for upcoming spring plantings is so so awesome. Friggin making my own soil feels like magic...but its composting! with wood chips!

okay rant over, sorry, thank you, happy composting friends!

[u/frenzied-phallus]

I get 3-5 drops a week. I’ve been building up low spots all over my property. My property was stripped of all its topsoil about 35 years ago. It’s a low swampy mess but I’m hoping that after several years of wood chip layers it’ll breakdown into perfect earth again.

[u/ieatchips → u/frenzied-phallus]

I have big wet saturated areas in my yard all winter in the Pacific Northwest. I have been wondering if I just dumped wood chips in what are essentially low spots that lead to giant puddles that would help build up the soil and prevent this from happening… that sounds like basically what you’ve done?

[u/DoeBites → u/ieatchips]

I don’t see why this wouldn’t work. The chips will attract mycelium that will eventually break them down into soil. It’ll just take a few years. Just keep grading in mind if the areas are anywhere near your foundation.