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Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
About five or six years ago I was taken with the idea of spreading bark
chips about the beds as an alternative to actually doing any gardening. Quickly realising my folly the plastic sacks of bark chips were stacked against the garage wall and left there. This year I am resolved to get tidied up and thought that the six year old bark chips would probably have become something like compost but on opening the top sack I find only old damp bark chips. Are they totally indestructible? Could I put them on the compost heap? Would they burn? How am I to dispose of them? Do they have any useful purpose? Tim w |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On 9/3/08 14:14, in article , "Tim
W" wrote: About five or six years ago I was taken with the idea of spreading bark chips about the beds as an alternative to actually doing any gardening. Quickly realising my folly the plastic sacks of bark chips were stacked against the garage wall and left there. This year I am resolved to get tidied up and thought that the six year old bark chips would probably have become something like compost but on opening the top sack I find only old damp bark chips. Are they totally indestructible? Could I put them on the compost heap? Would they burn? How am I to dispose of them? Do they have any useful purpose? Tim w I think leaving them in a corner to rot down might be your best bet. Can't hurt to try it! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:14:16 GMT, "Tim W"
wrote: About five or six years ago I was taken with the idea of spreading bark chips about the beds as an alternative to actually doing any gardening. Quickly realising my folly the plastic sacks of bark chips were stacked against the garage wall and left there. This year I am resolved to get tidied up and thought that the six year old bark chips would probably have become something like compost but on opening the top sack I find only old damp bark chips. Are they totally indestructible? Could I put them on the compost heap? Would they burn? How am I to dispose of them? Do they have any useful purpose? Tim w Yes I would empty them onto the compost heap, or better still pile them up somewhere else, let the weather get to them and pee on them when you can. With patience you'll have some good stuff to spread around. It makes good paths for veg gardens etc, and will gradually decompose there too. Pam in Bristol |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
Yes I would empty them onto the compost heap, or better still pile them up somewhere else, let the weather get to them and pee on them when you can. With patience you'll have some good stuff to spread around. It makes good paths for veg gardens etc, and will gradually decompose there too. Pam in Bristol There was a lot of digging going on in the cemetery when all of a sudden a man was dug up playing the piano backwards. It was Johann Sebastian Bach decomposing. Sorry, couldn't resist it :o) Wally |
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Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On 9 Mar, 22:48, wind'n'stone
wrote: Tim W;778145 Wrote: About five or six years ago I was taken with the idea of spreading bark chips about the beds as an alternative to actually doing any gardening. Quickly realising my folly the plastic sacks of bark chips were stacked against the garage wall and left there. This year I am resolved to get tidied up and thought that the six year old bark chips would probably have become something like compost but on opening the top sack I find only old damp bark chips. Are they totally indestructible? Could I put them on the compost heap? Would they burn? How am I to dispose of them? Do they have any useful purpose? Tim w I tend to use them as pathways. They do eventually rot into the ground. Seem to take forever tho' -- wind'n'stone- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Whats wrong with using them as a mulch under shrubs and around perenials, where they wont be seen for most of the year? David hill Abacus Nurseries |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
Dave Hill wrote:
Whats wrong with using them as a mulch under shrubs and around perenials, where they wont be seen for most of the year? David hill Abacus Nurseries Bloody blackbirds - that's the problem. Those little devils (and I do love to hear them sing) fling bark chippings everywhere. No so bad if you have a lawn or solid path, but if you have gravel or granite chippings, you'll be forever sweeping them (or using a lawn blower) to get the bark chippings back on the border. Of course, the next day the blackbirds will have flung them all over the place again. -- Jeff (cut "thetape" to reply) |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 Wally wrote:
Yes I would empty them onto the compost heap, or better still pile them up somewhere else, let the weather get to them and pee on them when you can. With patience you'll have some good stuff to spread around. It makes good paths for veg gardens etc, and will gradually decompose there too. Pam in Bristol There was a lot of digging going on in the cemetery when all of a sudden a man was dug up playing the piano backwards. It was Johann Sebastian Bach decomposing. Hmm, I don't believe you. The piano wasn't in use in Bach's time. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On 10/3/08 17:29, in article , "David
Rance" wrote: On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 Wally wrote: Yes I would empty them onto the compost heap, or better still pile them up somewhere else, let the weather get to them and pee on them when you can. With patience you'll have some good stuff to spread around. It makes good paths for veg gardens etc, and will gradually decompose there too. Pam in Bristol There was a lot of digging going on in the cemetery when all of a sudden a man was dug up playing the piano backwards. It was Johann Sebastian Bach decomposing. Hmm, I don't believe you. The piano wasn't in use in Bach's time. David Square piano was? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 Sacha wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 Wally wrote: Yes I would empty them onto the compost heap, or better still pile them up somewhere else, let the weather get to them and pee on them when you can. With patience you'll have some good stuff to spread around. It makes good paths for veg gardens etc, and will gradually decompose there too. Pam in Bristol There was a lot of digging going on in the cemetery when all of a sudden a man was dug up playing the piano backwards. It was Johann Sebastian Bach decomposing. Hmm, I don't believe you. The piano wasn't in use in Bach's time. Square piano was? Nope. It was the harpsichord as a concert instrument and the clavichord as a domestic instrument. The (generally accepted) inventor of the piano was Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), who produced his first piano in 1709. It was slow in catching on but the German organ-builder and clavichord maker Silbermann built two pianos in the late 1720s and submitted them to Bach for his comments. Bach hurt him by pointing out serious defects. However, although Silbermann improved the instrument and Bach was able to play on those owned by Frederick the Great (and was thus more complimentary), nevertheless it was not an instrument to which Bach was drawn and he never used one in his performances. Bach was more interested in the tuning of keyboard instruments and championed what was known as "equal-temperament" which made it possible to play in all twelve major and all twelve minor keys for the first time and for which he wrote the "48 Preludes and Fugues" (two sets in each of the major and minor keys). ....... well, you did ask! David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
"Jeff Layman" wrote in message ... Dave Hill wrote: Whats wrong with using them as a mulch under shrubs and around perenials, where they wont be seen for most of the year? David hill Abacus Nurseries Bloody blackbirds - that's the problem. Those little devils (and I do love to hear them sing) fling bark chippings everywhere. No so bad if you have a lawn or solid path, but if you have gravel or granite chippings, you'll be forever sweeping them (or using a lawn blower) to get the bark chippings back on the border. Of course, the next day the blackbirds will have flung them all over the place again. What little I have used has been around some newly planted fruit. It does get flung around, I thought by cats shitting in it and then kicking it, I hadn't spotted any blackbirds. Thanks for your help Tim w |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 Sacha wrote:
It was Johann Sebastian Bach decomposing. Hmm, I don't believe you. The piano wasn't in use in Bach's time. Square piano was? Nope. It was the harpsichord as a concert instrument and the clavichord as a domestic instrument. The (generally accepted) inventor of the piano was Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), who produced his first piano in 1709. It was slow in catching on but the German organ-builder and clavichord maker Silbermann built two pianos in the late 1720s and submitted them to Bach for his comments. Bach hurt him by pointing out serious defects. However, although Silbermann improved the instrument and Bach was able to play on those owned by Frederick the Great (and was thus more complimentary), nevertheless it was not an instrument to which Bach was drawn and he never used one in his performances. Bach was more interested in the tuning of keyboard instruments and championed what was known as "equal-temperament" which made it possible to play in all twelve major and all twelve minor keys for the first time and for which he wrote the "48 Preludes and Fugues" (two sets in each of the major and minor keys). ...... well, you did ask! I was interested so thank you. My ex fil had a square piano which was very beautiful but I had no idea of its age or origins which was I queried that. The earliest square piano (by Zumpe, a pupil of Silbermann who came to London) is dated around 1760, ten years after the death of J.S.Bach. A square piano is certainly a collector's item but I don't know when the latest models were made. It was soon superseded by the upright. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk |
Bark chips - turning them into something useful.
On 11/3/08 12:48, in article , "David
Rance" wrote: On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 Sacha wrote: It was Johann Sebastian Bach decomposing. Hmm, I don't believe you. The piano wasn't in use in Bach's time. Square piano was? Nope. It was the harpsichord as a concert instrument and the clavichord as a domestic instrument. The (generally accepted) inventor of the piano was Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), who produced his first piano in 1709. It was slow in catching on but the German organ-builder and clavichord maker Silbermann built two pianos in the late 1720s and submitted them to Bach for his comments. Bach hurt him by pointing out serious defects. However, although Silbermann improved the instrument and Bach was able to play on those owned by Frederick the Great (and was thus more complimentary), nevertheless it was not an instrument to which Bach was drawn and he never used one in his performances. Bach was more interested in the tuning of keyboard instruments and championed what was known as "equal-temperament" which made it possible to play in all twelve major and all twelve minor keys for the first time and for which he wrote the "48 Preludes and Fugues" (two sets in each of the major and minor keys). ...... well, you did ask! I was interested so thank you. My ex fil had a square piano which was very beautiful but I had no idea of its age or origins which was I queried that. The earliest square piano (by Zumpe, a pupil of Silbermann who came to London) is dated around 1760, ten years after the death of J.S.Bach. A square piano is certainly a collector's item but I don't know when the latest models were made. It was soon superseded by the upright. David I've emailed you the little I know about this one. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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