Iris, if you have access to a power leaf mulcher that is big enough to do
small limbs, you should be able to get a lifetime supply of pine bark. I've
been doing this for years. Collect bark pieces from off or around dead
pines. Run them through the mulch machine. I collect the chips in a plastic
trash barrel and screen to the sizes I want. Here in central PA dead pines
are everywhere.

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I suppose that's OK most of the time, but I would be concerned
about using bark from dead pines unless I knew the cause of
death. I'd hate for my new soil to be a disease vector.

Alan Walker
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-----Original Message-----
From: If Roy Bohn

Iris, if you have access to a power leaf mulcher that is big
enough to do
small limbs, you should be able to get a lifetime supply of pine
bark. I've
been doing this for years. Collect bark pieces from off or around
dead
pines. Run them through the mulch machine. I collect the chips in
a plastic trash barrel and screen to the sizes I want. Here in
central PA dead pines are everywhere.

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