I have been "eyeing" a huge pile of wood chippings for about three weeks, and today I was able to get a trailer load of it for the berries. The exciting part of the entire adventure is that it is about a mile from my house, and it only took me about 20 - 30 min. to pick it up and unload it this morning. I am hoping this will keep the weeds out of the berry beds, as well as help grow bigger berries. The wild blackberries love the composted logs on the side of the mountain, so hopefully, we can simulate a natural habitat when we transplant them into rows. We are not going to try and move them all, but there are places on my land that I am tired of mowing, so these will be future blackberry homes. It is amazing how simple wood chippings make me feel like I just received a bag of money. I guess the fact that I didn't have to pay for it makes me feel that way. Plus, I was able to get a little exercise while loading and unloading from the trailer. To make it even better, I ran across a guy with a trailer of "raw lumber," and I was able to make a deal with him to get about 20 of the boards, which will help me from weed eating some of the smaller berries away during the spring. If you live close, and have some free resources, let me know!
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