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   Jay_Pearce_ | Mar 13, 2002 04:57am | #1

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   Maybe to late for the stuff in the yard, but pro. shop next door sells his to a lady who uses it for hamster bedding. Win/win. He doesn't have to pay to have it hauled away, she sells it for a profit.

   Oh, seems to me that it can't have much walnut in it. Bad for the hamsters or something.

   Jay

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   Seth_Frankel_ | Mar 13, 2002 05:15am | #2

   *Tom,Call a couple of kennels or stables in your area. Many of them can use woodchips and may haul it.Best,Seth

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   Frenchy_Dampier | Mar 13, 2002 05:26am | #3

   *No Black walnut or Oak, they can't use it. Gives horses consumstion or sumtin' If anybody figures out what to do with black walnut/ oak please let me know. I was able to have a buddy haul some out with his dump truck, he used it as land fill. I can't spread it around because it's acidic and will tend to kill rather than help.

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   Jamie_S. | Mar 13, 2002 07:07am | #4

   *If there's a top-soil or composting outfit in your area, they might take it.

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   Jon_Arno | Mar 13, 2002 04:27pm | #5

   *Walnut is worse than just acidic. It contains a natural herbicide (probably part of its competitive strategy to keep other plants from crowding it.) Members of the tomato family and also the pines are very sensitive to it. It's an exceptionally bad idea to use it as a mulch. The toxins would probably break down or leach out with thorough composting, but I think it is a risk worth avoiding.Walnut is not a good choice for animal bedding either, since it also has sedative and laxative properties that are pretty potent when concentrated. If you work with exotic woods, the sawdust and shavings of some of them are perhaps even more dangerous. For example, African mansonia can be lethal when used as an animal bedding.

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   Tom_Ferreira | Mar 13, 2002 05:16pm | #6

   *I don't use a lot of walnut, but there may be a little in the pile. It really isn't in chip form either. Most of what comes out of the DC is very fine.Jamie - Your idea of finding a composting facility is interesting. Our local landfill transfer station has composting for leaves and such. I wonder if they would take the sawdust?TDF

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   Matthew_Harper | Mar 13, 2002 05:36pm | #7

   *I have a friend that packs sawdust tight in the bottom of a grill he built and uses it for the fuel. If you pack it tightly it burns at a uniform temperature for hours. It might not be solution for pile in the backyard or for walnut, however.Matt-

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   Steve_Schefer | Mar 13, 2002 07:10pm | #8

   *Walnut and Oak make excellent weed bariers. I covered an area between my house and the neighbors with it and have not had a single weed since. A lot cheaper than round up.Steve

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   davamoore_ | Mar 14, 2002 03:35pm | #9

   *I lay it down on the paths that run through the woods on my property. As Steve said, it keeps the weeds down, makes the paths easier to navigate, and now my 82-year-old mother-in-law takes off on her own during nice weather. (Until we ring the dinner bell.)David