If you garden you know mulch isn't cheap.  If you have smaller gardens where you aren't buying mulch by the truckload you also know that it typically has a wasteful plastic bag, too.  Well my environmentally-minded friends I'm here to tell you that you don't need to worry about that at all!  A quick click or two over to Freecycle.org and you can have a freshly mulched garden for free that didn't waste anything.  Here's mine:
How's this possible?  Well, a fellow Freecycler recently chipped a fallen tree and had a huge pile of the debris in her driveway.  She posted an ad and I responded with a smile...and about 15 kitty litter buckets.  Unfortunately, I didn't even put a dent in the pile for her but I'm sure others will be along!
And how about that border?  While it wasn't technically a Freecycle, I did put to use something that was someone else's trash.  One of the houses in my neighborhood is remodeling and the owners had cut down a tree in the process.  They put a big sign out front that said free firewood (during one of the hottest spring weeks in years).  So after driving by the pile for a couple of weeks I finally I stopped and grabbed a few of the smaller stumps just to define the bed.  I think I need to stop for a few more but I like the definition they add. 
What are you upcycling in the garden?

What a fantastic idea! Woodchips! Pretty much mulch, in my opinion! Cheaper to boot!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean, aren't they pretty? And the aroma is magnificent, too!
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