"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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From our city's free mulch web page:

"For example, after leaves are collected at curbside, they are treated and
offered to the public as compost. Holiday trees are sent through a wood
chipper and converted into mulch; a material perfect for flowerbeds or
other landscaping projects (note: mulch is not suitable for vegetable
gardens)."

Why is it not suitable for vegetable gardens?

"Holiday trees" might have been treated with those bleach/borax concoctions
or flame retardants that might be bad for your garden.

Free township wood chips also harbor fungi , molds, and material from
diseased trees that you really don't want around your veggies, like the
infamous artillery fungus.