Another thing you need to watch for is a chipper
that has dull blades and sort of shreds instead of chips. You'll end up with
little sticks, and if it's of hard wood, such as manzanita (eucalyptus?), your
horse can get punctures in their soles . A local trainer/boarder has had two
sole punctures at her place due to poorly chipped wood. She quit using the
chips. It isn't worth the expense and treatment time deal with a punctured
hoof.
We get our chips free from local chippers,
however, we don't use them in the horse area, but have about a 6 inch layer on
top of our weeds for a semi-landscaped look as using PG&E to power the pump
to water a large area is waaay too expensive.
Kathy
Grass
Valley
Kat
wrote:
Here in
southern california (which is, after all, where/why this discussion got
started); wood chips can be had for free from tree trimmers in the
area...since otherwise, these people will have to pay to dispose of
them. And you don't have to worry about black walnut (since it doesn't
grow here), but you DO have to worry about oleander...you definitely want to
make sure it doesn't contain any of
that.
