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Sean Troy

>I send mine to some local High schools ceramic classes to use in thier firing process. Sean

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Peter Teubel

>I take my 5 yard trailer to the town dump (actually organic disposal area) every couple of weeks. Its only 2 miles from my house and free. Although lately a fellow club member has been taking them (trailer loads) for mulch on his property. I produce too much shavings to compose on my small piece of property.

For my cutoffs, I load up trash cans. When I fill a dozen, I take the yto a buddy's place where I contribute to "Mount Woodmore" or the "Great Wall of Wood". He and his neighbors burn it to their hearts content.

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Earl

>Being I'm stictly a hobbyist and don't turn that much--maybe a piece a day and not too large at that--I am slowly composting our yard. Just a city lot but all bark and no lawn so I figure it will take me at least a year or more to cover it entirely, then I can start again!

Same here. Too much...>>

RonZ

>..>> shavings and not enough property. I don't know what they do with it but my daughter's school loves the scraps. Usually cherry, paduak, purpleheart, maple, etc.

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John in VT

>I have one person who takes the shaving to make paths on his proberty & a couple guys with wood burning stoves take all my scraps & log cut offs.

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Gary Evans

>I use it for bedding in my dog's pen. I recently put down a layer of highly colored box elder. She has the prettiest pen in the neighborhood...also the only pen in the neighborhood. 8^]

GE

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Terry Quiram

>I mulch all of mine either in a compost pile or spread around trees and flowers. Scraps go into boxes in the front yard marked "free kindling". They don't last very long.

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Ron in Drums PA

>Basically same as you. I have a couple of mulch piles going. Some goes into bedding. Scraps I throw in a box and give them to a neighbor for kindling in his fireplace. I have a bunch of hickory (shavings and scraps) that I throw into the grill when I BBQ.

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Ricc Havens

>Be careful using wood shavings for animal bedding. My father used to be a salesman in the animal feed business. Farmers had to be careful with certain wood shavings as bedding in dairy herd stalls. I have also heard that walnut is bad for horses.

I do not know what effect different woods would have on domestic pets but be careful. Contact your county agriculture extension agent or a vet. A vet especially trained and working around farming critters might be the best source.

Best Regards

Ricc Havens

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Greg W. in NC

>I found out the hard way - walnut will DEFINITELY kill plants!!! So, when I turn walnut, I clean up before and after to keep those shavings separate.

Hickory scraps in BBQ!

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>I'll second that motion! If you're lucky enough to get some nice Apple, Hickory or Mesquite scraps, they can really add fantastic flavor to any BBQ.

Even if you have a gas grill, you just place the chips in a small steel (preferably stainless steel) pan filled with some water. Then you place the pan in the grill. Either directly on the coals, or just above them. Soon you'll get that smell that will drive your neighbors crazy with hunger. :>)

Now I have to get my mind back on work and off of those beautiful steaks I have set aside at home for this weekend's BBQ.

See ya around,

Dominic

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Ryan McMullen - Memphis

>I found out about the walnut not being good for mulch or in the garden a bit too late. I had just turned some walnut and put the shavings in the garden bed and tilled it. The next day I found out I shouldn't have done that. But, so far it has not done any real harm to the plats (planted after the walnut was tilled in). My tomato plants didn't take off like they did last year but now they are really starting to grow, and I have the first green tomato on the vine!! The peas and green beens didn't seem to be affected by the walnut, specailly since they growing way to big to be kept in the garden (and those peas are delicous - had the first one just the other day!)

Now any ideas on what to do with cedar shavings??? I had thought about getting a mesh bag and putting them in there then haning in the closet or putting in the attic. I have also used it as mulch around the maple tree so I thougt about using it in the flower beds, any ideas, yes - no - maybe.

Ryan

Mulch some, toss some, burn some

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>When I'm in "full production" mode, I tend to generate at least (2) 40 gal trashcans worth of shavings every week. And this is not taking into account when I need to empty my DC. That is usually 1 1/2 to 2 cans worth as well, but on a tri-monthly basis.

Usually these cans end up in the garbage. Unfortunately, my garbage collectors feel that they are "construction waste" and refuse to take them on recycle day.

The large cut-offs from band sawing out blanks, and chainsawing up logs go into my "burn bin". These either go to my fireplace, or to my in laws wood stove.

I plan on building a mulch bin that will reside out of sight in my back yard. About 2 years ago, I did have a mulch pile. But it was getting out of hand, and SWMBO "persuaded" me to get rid of it. The mulch I eventually harvested from this pile was better than any kind I bought. My wife was wondering why her hydrangeas were getting so big. I told her it was because of the mulch I gave them. Now I need to design and build that mulch bin!

Later,

Dominic

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Chuck Ludwigsen

>I suddenly have this overwhelming need to grill this weekend.

Chuck

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MP Wall

>Take it to the organic farm and dump it in the pile along with my grass clippings etc. Get back way more than I bring due to horse farm and others using it. MP Wall

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Ryan McMullen - Memphis

>Well chuck, I still have some of the apple pcs that Evie's Uncle gave me. You'll just have to come over and do some grillin at our house (and visit with the baby) Besides, even if it rains all weekend we've got the covered patio!

Ryan

P.S. - glad we didn't go camping this year!!

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Jack (Turtle Workshop)

>Howdy,

First I keep the long stringy stuff to one side and once a year I fill all of our leftover egg cartons with a mix of shavings pressed nice and firm and mix with old candles wax. A double pan does the heating. The lower pan filled with water and the upper one with the wax. Sort of double recycling.

This results in saving some bucks by making my own firestarter cubes.

Wa-La (voila for you east coasters) my frugal self wins again.

The sawdust and small shavings go into our rotating composter. That precludes the need for buying storebought fertilizer.

The cutoffs end up in our woodstove which is our primary source of heat up here in the SW Oregon mountains. We burn fir, pine, oak, madrone, locust, and some maple. Mostly madrone.

jack

Drive my neighbors nuts

Mike Schwing from Maryland

>We live at the edge of a very large wooded area. I'm in a small townhouse development, and I used to dump out individual bags of chips from the dust collector just beyond the edge of the woods. It makes a nice small pile that disappears in a year. In the winter months, however, I still produce chips, and the "mounds" are visible to anyone walking around the entrances to our trails.

At a homeowner's association meeting, when the floor was opened for other issues, one of the neighbors asked, "Does anyone know what kind of animal is making those strange piles of dust in the woods?" Took me a few seconds to realize it was me, and then it took a herculean effort to keep from busting out.

I kept my mouth shut and let them wonder, but I should have said "Termites?"

Nowadays I make way too many chips and shavings to do that still, so they mostly go to the dump once weekly.

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GeorgeBalock

>Take heed of all odf the postings regarding walnut shavings!

I give my shavings to a potter friend of mine who uses them for firing raku.

George

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joaz hill

>Mine goes right into the chicken house for bedding,insect, and poop control.