"Harold" Harold.and.a.bit.more@clotmail wrote in message
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Had to have a tree taken out a few days ago

The bloke who excavated the tree roots managed to spray wood chips across
the garden bed and over an adjacent pebble garden.

My problem: how do I get the chips out of the pebble garden?

don't know :-) if the pebbles are large, could they be swept?

Should I also remove them from the garden bed?

only if they're a problem - wood chips use nitrogen while breaking down, so
you don't want to starve any plants in there that need their nitrogen. if
the bed just has trees or shrubs or whatnot & there's not many chips anyway,
i'd probably just leave it, as removing them would be lots of trouble for
nothing gained. try to think of them as free mulch - lots of peeps mulch
with woodchip anyway, because it certainly has it's place in perennial beds
;-)

if you really think nitrogen starvation might be a problem, try a fine,
light rake, wielded gently, perhaps. but honestly, a little bit won't make a
difference & in the end there'll be a benefit.

if you have chips just everywhere, & you're really unhappy about the whole
thing, ring the tree dude & try to find a good solution with him.
kylie




Thanks,

Harold.
(Lurker, mostly)