ryan@hcommons.socialOct 23

getchipdrop.com is a service in the States that provides free mulch. The downside is you don't get to really specify type, quantity, or exact delivery time. It's basically a queue so when an arborist has a job nearby they can drop the load at your location instead of driving to a dump site. Came through yesterday for us with the biggest load we've gotten and great quality. Guess they're working on oak trees for the city right now. Going to be a long day of moving mulch!

#gardendon #permaculture #gardening #foodforest #selfreliance #chipdrop #greenthumb

PermaSolarPotterAug 27
It’s the 5th anniversary of the day that @joeyomahoney and I closed on our house. I felt hesitant about homeownership because of the responsibility and because I’d never taken a loan from a bank before. Now, I see it as an enormous privilege and an opportunity to create a microcosm of the world we’d like to see. #EdibleLandscape #NativePlants #Pollinators #RainwaterCollection #Solar #ChipDrop #KillYourLawn #gardening
Tim N7KOMMay 4, 2025

@leighms We are rehabbing a 40'x40' plot on our property. Google street view shows that it once was a garden, the sellers we bought from had taken out the trees and plants, then fenced it. Other projects have kept us occupied the past years so it has been a dusty and weedy lot.

Feels good to finally work on it. Putting in a couple faucets. We've laid down cardboard and put down a layer of woodchips we got for free from #chipdrop. Next the compost goes on top in rows and maybe some raised beds.

#gardening

Carson HillJun 10, 2024

If you're a fan of #gardening you probably use a lot of #bark as #mulch in your yard. You probably buy such things at a #garden supply store. #ChipDrop is a free service where you can request local #arborists to drop a load of freshly shredded trees at a described spot on your property.

It's not for everybody. You might not be home. It will have pine needles. It might have some big old logs in it. It won't match your old mulch.

I've used Chip Drop 3 times. I'm a fan.

https://getchipdrop.com/

Free Wood Chip Mulch from ChipDrop

Helping gardeners get free mulch. Helping arborists empty their trucks.

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webonaire has moved!Feb 12, 2024
I spent some time yesterday moving arborist #WoodChips around. I still have a few left... #ChipDrop #gardening
webonaire has moved!Jan 24, 2024
Anyone need any wood chips? #ChipDrop #gardening
Mike McCaffrey Aug 4, 2023
Oh no, the #chipdrop left me logs with an entire termite colony in it! What does one even do about this?!
Show threadWanderingHuman 🇨🇦Jun 4, 2023

Ever seen a #chipdrop? It's a dump truck load. But it's free! Hence the appeal.

There is a lot of infill construction in our 'hood every year, and they often have large equipment, dumpsters parked on the street, etc. It's a fact of living in society. People are DOING stuff. Not to mention how many folks park on the street semi-permanently. But a pile of wood chips for a week?? 😱🤦‍♀️ #Bylaw even marked off the pile with orange pylons - because people can't see the large pile the road?? 2/

WanderingHuman 🇨🇦Jun 4, 2023

We ordered a #chipdrop. IYKYK

We got it last weekend. This week we got rain, and I got brain fog and fatigue. We got some help to move some on Friday, with plans to do more this weekend and give some away. #Bylaw paid us a visit on Friday to warn us, stating they'd received complaints. Because the pile is on the road. Metres away from where a neighbour's large 5th wheel had been parked all week (which we don't mind). We were given until the end of weekend to get it all moved. 1/