Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 📛♨️💢🚨🛟🌞 Thursday, 5 December, 2024
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I decided to get my mulch delivered instead of making multiple Bunnings trips myself. The weather’s not looking great for gardening over the next few days but hopefully I can get the bulk of the planting done.
I also need to squeeze in time to do my uni assignment, I’ll schedule that in during thunderstorms and any periods over 30 degrees.
stib@aus.social 2 weeks ago
@RustyRaven @Baku if anyone is after a lot of mulch for nothing then https://getchipdrop.com/ or https://mulchspot.com.au/ are sites that arborists use to get rid of their excess mulch when they chop down a tree. You sign up, and then sometime in the next month or so you get a truckload of mulch delivered.
Pros: free, recycles waste product, they deliver.
Cons: you get what you get, and you need to be ready for a LOT of mulch. Last time I got about four cubic meters, which is about 8 trailer loads. But now my garden is super mulched.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I have looked at those, and it would be great if I had somewhere for them to dump it. As it is I have a very short driveway as the only possible spot, and dumping stuff there blocks the access to the house, leaving me to dig myself out - and it all has to be carted down to the back of the house via a narrow side path. Whilst being unable to leave until the work is done is very motivating, it is also very exhausting!
I have done bulk deliveries before - about 2 cubic meters is about the limit of what is possible for the space - but it is hard work. I’ve elected to spend more on bagged sugar cane mulch this time due to portability.
stib@aus.social 2 weeks ago
@RustyRaven Yes, it's definitely not for everyone. I have thought of asking around to see if anyone else needed mulch and doing a shared drop-off, but so far I haven't needed it.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I’m really hoping the next place I move to will be much more bulk-delivery friendly, it gives you so many more options.