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How can I use rotted wood?

northerner_on
9 years ago

Hello everyone: Several years ago we had a large maple tree taken down and DH decided we should keep most of the wood because we have a fireplace. Of course we could not use up even a quarter of the wood so it has just been sitting there and annoying me all these years because this is where I was supposed to grow my tomatoes. I realized today that many of the logs (and some of them are very large) have rotted to the extent that they crumble in my hands when I try to move them. There is lots of this crumbled stuff, some of it is chunky like wood chips, but some is very fine, looks like animals clawed it out over the winter for their homes. I was cleaning up today and decided not to throw this stuff out because perhaps this is nature's manure. So this is the question: Is this any use in my continuing efforts to improve my soil? If so, how can I use it? I have an area of clay soil which I have been amending for several years, and it would be great if I could use it there. Thank you.

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