An extra kick in your garden for years to come!
Story by Alex Harrington
10:08 p.m. Saturday, July 19, 2008
If you got tree branches and limbs, and no place to put them, then bring them to the city mulching service for a small fee.
"As much as you can stuff in a small truck, it will cost you ten dollars," said Adam Moser.
Giant CATS will then transport your tree limbs to a huge grinder.
There are several meshes that the city can put in their grinder to chop up the limbs into different sizes. The mulch will come out a light tan, but as oxygen reacts with the mulch, it will turn into a darker brown.
Now the mulch is ready for your garden.
The mulch will last for a few years as it slowly breaks down, and that's a good thing.
"As it breaks down, if you use a natural wood product, it adds nutrients back to the soil, as well as organic matter; both, which are extremely important to plant growth," said Moser.
And, with a clay soil, like ours here at the station, we will take any nutrients we can get to better our produce.
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