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7/30/2014 3:36:09 AM EDT
Hello all,

My wife and I are planning to get beds ready this fall for a small garden next year, at least to start.  We have a ton of pinon pine bark from when we cut firewood.  Is there any reason that this would not make a good mulch/organic material for the garden.  We have a very alkaline soil here, and this will be our first experiment with a garden here.  We also have goats, ducks and chickens for possible fertilizer, though I think we need to pile up the goat droppings before winter hits to cool them off, as we feed alfalfa to them.  

Thanks,
7/30/2014 1:13:00 PM EDT
[#1]
If you're preparing garden beds for next year there is no reason to put a wood chip mulch on the beds this year.

Put the wood chips in a big pile and let them cook for a year. Use them as a mulch next year after you've prepped your soil.