Judith Lea wrote:
Now to get onto gardening matters, I have had 3 trees severely pruned
and the company who did it produced the most marvellous chippings from
the branches etc. I have about half a large lorry load - It is quite
warm at the moment and I think perhaps a little too hot to put around
plants, when can I spread this around as a mulch?

What kind of trees? What do you want to mulch?