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Using Wood Chips in Flower Beds
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How to use wood chips as
ground cover - Sheet mulching Method
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Mulching - Tree service - Chippers - RCW - Organic
gardening - Permaculture - Creating soil |
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Preamble |
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Covering your beds
using wood chips mulch over cardboard or newspaper |
Also known as the brown gold or or wood chips
mulch by gardeners, rameal chipped wood or RCW
is used in agriculture or horticulture. They
come from the fragmentation by the mechanical
crushing of branches (bushes or trees).
Rameal chipped wood stimulates biological
activity in the soil and is very useful as a
mulch. As it decomposes, RCW turns into humus.
You can therefore regenerate your soil and make
it very rich in microorganisms. Living soil,
nothing better for your plants in the garden and
for covering yourr beds!
A common practice in permaculture and organic
gardening.
Easy way to suppress weeds under a new flower
bed!
To supress all weed you can use cardboard or
newspaper under RCW! |
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Simple flower bed using cardboard |
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Using Cardboard to Kill Grass
Hold the cardboard
down |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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Remove the grass with a
round shove.
1 foot wide by a foot deep (for edging).
Removed sod and other material can be put in the
center of the future flower bed (this will
enrich the soil once decomposed).
On top of the pile of grass and other material,
lay 2 layers of large cardboard from a furniture
store.
Old newspaper works
very well too if you use mulitple sheets.
If needed you can spray the cardboard sheets
with a garden hose to thoroughly soak the
cardboard as you lay each piece. This helps to
weigh down the cardboard so it stays in place. |
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Suppress weeds under a new flower bed |
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Cover the Cardboard
Lay the cardboard on
the ground directly over the grass |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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Cover the cardboard
mulch with 12 inches of ramial chipped wood.
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Stops the weeds from growing in the top soil |
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Using Cardboard as Mulch
Organic mulch |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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| Not having to remove
sod and other material is a real advantage.
Saving time and energy! In addition, this
process is benefit for getting a rich soil from
decomposed grass. |
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How to use cardboard as mulch |
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Becoming a Better Gardener
Do you put those
cardboard on top of the grass? |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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View of garden beds
under construction. Decomposition of this ground
cover (ramial chipped wood) can take up to 4
years. The ensuing nutrient-rich humus is an
excellent choice for improving soil structure.
Ramial chipped wood or RCW refers to the wood
chips from small to medium-sized green branches
up to 7 cm in diameter. |
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How to use cardboard as weed cover |
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Cardboard as Weed Cover
Shredded bark or wood
chips |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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| In the case of a flower
bed near a garden stream or pond, the cardboard
must be slid under the pind liner and the
landscape fabric. |
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Cardboard as weed barrier |
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Way for Suppressing Weeds
Using cardboard as
weed barrier |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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Result of the work of
creating a sheet mulch bed with ramial chipped
wood (RCW) or organic mulch.
Nice area ready to receive soil fauna. |
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Using cardboard in new beds for saving so much
work |
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How to use Cardboard in new beds
How to kill weeds |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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Large flower beds
require a large amount of ramial chipped wood.
Check out : How to get a RCW for free? |
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Hold down the cardboard |
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Put Cardboard on Top of the Grass
And soak them to stay
in place |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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Add compost or RCW on
top to hold down the cardboard during high winds
and to also speed the breakdown of the
cardboard.
Large garden beds require a large amount of
recycled cardboard and RCW or organic mulch. |
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Wood chips over cardboard |
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Simple Flower Bed Using Cardboard
Corrugated cardboard
as mulch |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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| Ramial chipped wood can
also act as a landscape fabric by smothering
weeds. |
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Put wood chip mulch on top of the cardboard |
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Sheet Mulching Method
Wood chip mulch on
top of the cardboard |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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| Another beds next to
both garden stream's riverbanks. Using sheet
mulching technique. |
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Cover the cardboard mulch with ramial chipped
wood |
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Tips On Reusing Cardboard For The Garden
Cardboard gardening
ideas |
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Mulching with
cardboard or newspaper : |
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| Another cardboard
flower bed. The soil will decompose in 2 years
and become nutritious and alive for flora and
fauna. |
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