Having cut a couple of stere of logs into manageable lengths yesterday I've now got a pile of sawdust to get rid of.
It doesn't seem to compost very well, and it smothers the bonfire. In the past I've ended up taking bags of it to the tip, so does anyone have methods of using it up?
John
JTM gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Freecycle it as bedding for hamsters etc?
I'd fork it into the garden. It'll break down in time, and will improve soil structure in the meantime.
I hoof most of it into our woodland (so long as it's not treated stuff) - it'll rot eventually. I keep a pot around in the workshop though; it's useful for soaking up spills.
cheers
Jules
Put it in with the pigs - they'll love it. My sow and eleven weaners have nicely composted four two ton dumper trucks full of shredded tree tops in about two months. Routing about, crapping on it and generally mucking it up it's now closely resemblimg decent earth!
AWEM
Anyone that keeps horses will welcome free sawdust.
No immediate suggestion other than the brown (garden) rubbish bin where mine goes.
BUT I did have to go and look up STERE which I didn't know - a cubic metre of loose wood. I must try that on my log supplier.
Rob
New one on me too. seems to comprise 2/3 of a m^3 of wood and 1/3 of a m^3 of air.
It's not much good as bedding. It irritates eyes etc. Woodshavings are better.
weed mulch, Its brilliant for hat.
breaks down in about 3-5 years.
Yup, I spread my sawdust on the flowerbeds, too - though it does tend to blow about a bit if spread on exposed areas. I mostly use it in near the fences and around large bushes and think (hope?) that it might even provide food or shelter for insects to keep the food chain going during the winter.
I seem to remember my father mixing sawdust with a small amount of cement then just damping it with water before making it into "bricks" which we burned insted of coal. Mind you I am going back into the
50s. before Greenpeace and the smoke bogie.
Sell to the Tesco sasuage factory.
A weed-mulch hat! Hey, not bad!
Darn, I was going to suggest that.
Send it to a Liverpool pub for use on the floor.....
To soak up the blood after the usual saturday night bundle.
Chainsaw "sawdust" is OK, as it's chips, not dust.
I find its possible to burn the coarser stuff like shavings from the thicknesser. Lob it on a bonfire mixed with larger lumps of waste wood, it simmers away for a good while. Helps if you give it a stir from time to time. Got shot of a dustbin laod that way yesterday.
Too good for them.
Mix it with some honey and nuts and sell it to your local health food store as breakfast cereal.
Use it for restuffing old teddy bears.
Owain
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