Everything stays on the farm, where it should be used for another purpose😊

Biochar time! Just did a burn of my fallen branches to beat the fire ban that will surely come soon.

Mulching veggie beds with wood chips.. haven’t tried it myself, but doesn’t the high carbon:nitrogen ratio create a nitrogen sink that deprives the veggies of nitrogen?

Great question. I compost first and the mulch is more to hold water in the soil. I hadn't considered the nitrogen sink idea 🤔 They all get fed with compost tea through the season anyway so I think I'll counteract it adequately.

Oh makes sense. I was probably remembering an anecdote of someone who had mixed the chips into the soil rather than just mulching on top. You did say mulching - my mistake. How do you chip the branches for mulching? Are they fine or more coarse?

We just run through through our trusty little mulcher that really isn't designed for this type of work but in practice eats it up! It's fairly course and holds the moisture in beautifully! Planting into the beds I clear away the woodchips, plant in and then spread the chips around the new planted veggies. Seems to be working so far but I'm going to be extra aware of nitrogen needs after your question.