As I understand it the local Wollongong council gives away mulch made
from its green waste. You have to get it and load your trailer
yourself - or so I was told.

Has anyone used this stuff, is it composted? or is it full of weed
seeds?


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Spiny Norman wrote:

As I understand it the local Wollongong council gives away mulch made
from its green waste. You have to get it and load your trailer
yourself - or so I was told.

Has anyone used this stuff, is it composted? or is it full of weed
seeds?

It may be composted if it's been there long enough. Mainly, the stuff is
chipped prunings. We got some from Parra Council once -- it was actually hot!

Your local council guys may be happy to dump a truckload on your driveway
straight after pruning. Mine were.

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"Spiny Norman" wrote in message
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As I understand it the local Wollongong council gives away mulch made
from its green waste. You have to get it and load your trailer
yourself - or so I was told.

Has anyone used this stuff, is it composted? or is it full of weed
seeds?


I used some council mulch a few times. I ended up with a cherry tomato
plant that kept coming up each year. Got heaps from it, made some friends
happy - we don't eat tomatoes. The soil is wonderful there now, but I'm
getting *lots* of weeds I'd never seen before.

It probably would have been great if it was composted first, but the way it
improves the soil was worth it. Now I'll get a more expensive mulch to put
over the top of the weed seeds that are still there, and all will be great.

Ours charged $20 or so (I think) if you wanted them to use their scoop to
put it onto your trailer.

Jen