Free Mulch is the Best Mulch

[VioletsMom73]

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I am outside of Charlotte, NC. I have
Updated my profile now. Thanks!

 

[RobertaD1]

THANKS for the LINK! I've been wondering how I was going to talk a tree service into dumping a load here!

 

[VioletsMom73]

THANKS for the LINK! I've been wondering how I was going to talk a tree service into dumping a load here!

I hope it works out as well for you as it did me! Let me know!

 

[RobertaD1]

I hope it works out as well for you as it did me! Let me know!

I went RIGHT outside to find a place the husband wouldn't gripe about! Im signed up and ready! I most DEFINITELY will keep you informed!

 

[VioletsMom73]

That’s awesome! The crew that came out promised to bring me some logs too, so I hope that happens! Chicken playground building time!

 

[curiousqt]

So its been a rainy June so far, and my chickens of course have killed the grass in their run as expected. This led to some stinky mud of course, despite my best efforts. So I knew I needed a lot of mulch so I started looking online to see what I could find at a discount. I stumbled across www.getchipdrop.com last night, which pairs homeowners with arborists that will bring you their daily haul of chipped trees for FREE. You can pay a $20 donation, which I didn't this time around, because they tell you it can be anywhere from a few hours to weeks. So I signed up around 10pm last night, and got an email that I would have a delivery within 48 hours at 10am this morning, and 5 minutes later, I was moving my car so they could drop it! I got an entire truck load! They also offered to bring me back some stumps when they can for the chickens to play with! They were so nice, and careful and dumped the load exactly where I wanted it! I will def pay the donation fee next time to help offset their cost for the service since they were so great. The mulch does have leaves in it, but those will break down quickly and the chicks are enjoying poking through everything. I also specified no cedar, and ended up with pine and another hardwood, oak I think. Overall, I am super pleased, and surprised I received the drop so fast. I am never paying for mulch again. No toxic chemicals for my yard! Side note, if you wanted this for a landscaping project, and wanted to, Lowe's sells mulch dye and you can fancy it up.

I read this post and ended up signing up. I have a massive pile of mulch in my yard!! no idea what exactly I'll do with it but I'm thrilled and definitely will do it again!! Thank you so much for sharing

 

[VioletsMom73]

I read this post and ended up signing up. I have a massive pile of mulch in my yard!! no idea what exactly I'll do with it but I'm thrilled and definitely will do it again!! Thank you so much for sharing

You are very welcome! I’ve not
Even made a dent in mine, but it’s going
To save me thousands I think!

 

[MagicL]

You're lucky...some folks never get anything from them...
...and that you have space to store it!

Go easy, thin layers in the run at a time so you don't get a mold bloom.
That pile will last a long time!

Right! I’ve been signed up with them for 2 years and nothing!