Interesting. Thanks for the info. We have similar conditions. Those chips you're
getting would be more like chunks than shavings, I guess. I haven't seen the
output from those mobile chippers. Are the pieces about one inch max size?

Maybe 4" x 1/2" x 1" or so. But pretty well broken up, not smooth like
planer shavings. The actual sizes depend on the equipment... but it's
whole branches from live trees when it starts out, so you also get some
foliage in there, so mine are starting out with more N than yours (from
the foliage).

I'm trying potatoes in the half-decomposed stuff this year, just to see
if lazy potato growing is a possibility here, so at least that section
will get more water this summer than it would have ordinarily.

Kay