Many Uses For Shavings

[Roger Newby]

If I do any varnish removal, planer chips are used to remove the stripper. Much less mess.

[Tom Vanzant]

Ipe shavings and sawdust are also toxic to horses...in any quantity.

Roger: hello 79th!

[Charlie MacGregor]

Raw wood products, during the process of decomposing will tie up the nitrogen making it unavailable to plants. Once it's decomposed it's fine and beneficial. (Disclaimer: I'm not sure about exotics.)

[Jim Koepke]

Someone on another forum sent me these links:

A recipe for making pizza dough:

http://www.nytimes.com/recipes/10162...zza-dough.html

A video of the dough being made, baked and eaten:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/dining/...820411913&ie=1

Hmmm, we have some ham and pastrami in the fridge... That doesn't sound like a good pizza.

jtk

[Steve Beadle]

Hey Jim! Maybe you could sell those bags of wood shavings if you put their more exotic name on them: "EXCELSIOR, only $5".

[bridger berdel]

yes to this. a handfull of shavings from under the jointer or from hand planing is my go to for a lot of cleanup jobs. better than rags or psper towells for many things.

If I do any varnish removal, planer chips are used to remove the stripper. Much less mess.

[Max Withers]

This is true. Add blood meal (or other nitrogen source) if you're worried about it.

I have managed to keep up with mine starting the BBQ so far, either because of my laziness or how much I barbecue.

[Alfred Kraemer]

From the land of alkaline clay soils -SE Wisconsin: wood shavings/chips/sawdust compost works well and quite fast when mixed with grass clippings. Wish I would produce more shavings to keep a good balance with the grass clippings.
I keep walnut out because the juglone in walnut can stunt a number of plants, and I don t know if composting destroys juglone.
The compost with the clippings works great here - no need to use peatmoss.


Alfred