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[SteveG]

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[SteveG]

Millers Woodworking has free wood shavings.

1156 Crawford Ave,
Windsor ON, N9A 5C9

[Philippa von Ziegenweidt]

They have a giant dumpster outside the shop.  Anybody can drive up and help themselves - no need to announce yourself first!  

[Robert Ross]

Steve, Philippa -

These shavings, could they be used as a medium, either mixed in with soil or by itself? Is it "safe"? (By that, I guess I am wondering if there are any strange chemicals in the wood like we might find in pressure treated lumber.)

rob

[Philippa von Ziegenweidt]

According to the gentleman who tipped me off to this cache of wood, it's highly unlikely to be pressure treated lumber.  It's just plain wood from the shop.

I have also been thinking about mixing the shavings into soil, or perhaps into the compost first, and then leaving them to break down.  They are a mix of smallish shavings and sawdust so my concern would be that if it's not well spread out, it would clump and then go mouldy. 

In any event, the amount that's available is enormous.  I have no idea where they send them to for disposal, but it seems like a tremendous resource for us to repurpose.