Why woodchip at all?
Before you go chasing down the street after a tree-trimming crew, consider if woodchips are going to suit your needs. Woodchips are not the one-size-fits-all garden hack that YouTube would lead you to believe. They can be a hideout for fire-ant colonies, they are laborious to apply, and they can lock up nitrogen in your beds when used too fresh, too deep, or with the wrong plan…