In my usual pursuit of local free manure for the garden, I stumbled onto an old (big) pile of sawdust. I'm on Ohioan clay and have some border planting to prep up for next year. That sawdust has lain inna pile for some years. It should be just the ticket for a hugelkultur bed I've been scheming.... Its like christmas come early.
Years ago we had 15 oak trees taken down, the stumps were ground and the debris was put in a pile near the back woods. 15 years later I came across that pile, covered with weeds. For a long time I used the decomposed debris mixed with lime to renew several flower beds. It is now covered with pachysandra and daylilies. Jerry