After a summer windstorm, most properties around Windsor end up with a pile of brush stacked at the back, and nobody knows what to do with it. I bring my chipper and it is gone in a few hours. You keep the chips as mulch for your garden beds and around established trees, or they leave with me. It is the simplest job I offer, and it solves a real problem.
What wood chipping actually involves in Windsor
Wood chipping is the process of running branches, limbs, and brush through a mechanical chipper to reduce them into small, uniform pieces called chips. The chipper uses a spinning drum or blade to tear and compress the wood into fragments roughly the size of a thumbnail or smaller, depending on the machine and what you feed it. What took up half your yard as a loose pile becomes a compact pile of chips in a fraction of the space. I bring my own chipper to your property, process whatever material you have, and then either leave the chips with you for mulch or haul them away. The whole operation usually takes a few hours, and when I am done, the debris is gone and the yard is clear again.
Why it matters
After a storm, fallen branches and trimmed limbs pile up fast, and most people do not have the time or the equipment to break them down. If you leave that pile sitting, it takes up valuable yard space, it looks untidy, and it becomes a harbour for insects and rodents over the winter. Hauling it all away to a landfill costs money and time. Chipping solves both problems at once. The chips you keep become excellent mulch for your garden beds and around the base of established trees. Mulch suppresses weeds, holds moisture in the soil through a dry August spell, and keeps the root zone cooler in summer. If you do not want to keep the chips, I take them with me and use them on my own jobs. Either way, your yard is clean, your debris is gone, and nothing is wasted.
When to schedule wood chipping in the Windsor area
Wood chipping is most common in late summer and early fall, when windstorms and heavy weather knock branches off trees across the Windsor area. Most years, at least one significant blow happens between July and September, and that is when the phone rings. If you have been stacking branches and brush for months because you have no way to dispose of them, chipping works any time of year. The best sign that you need it is a growing pile of material at the back of your property, or a tangle of fallen limbs you cannot easily move. Do not wait until spring cleanup time when every service is booked solid. If you have the material now and the weather is clear, call me and I will fit you in. Winter is quieter, but I still chip on dry days. Spring is the busiest season, so if you can clear your debris in fall, you avoid the rush.
How it works
When you call, I ask you a few quick questions: how much material do you have, what kind of trees did it come from, and whether you want to keep the chips or have me haul them away. I give you a free estimate and we set a date that works for both of us. On the day of the job, I arrive with my chipper mounted on my truck. I assess the pile, check the access route to make sure my equipment fits through your gate and around any obstacles, and then I start feeding material into the chipper. Larger branches get cut into shorter lengths first if needed. The whole process is loud but straightforward. Once the pile is processed, I sweep the area to clean up any stray chips, and we talk about what happens to the finished product. If you keep the chips, I show you how to spread them evenly around your beds and trees. If they leave with me, the yard is swept and you are done.
Different reasons to chip
Storm debris is the most common reason I chip. A windstorm knocks branches off healthy trees, and sometimes entire limbs come down. Pruning debris from my own tree work gets chipped on site or brought back to my yard. Homeowners who have been stacking branches and brush for months because they had no way to dispose of them call when the pile gets too big to ignore. Hedge trimmings from cedar hedges and ornamental shrubs can be chipped if they are not diseased. Brush clearing on a property with small trees and saplings sometimes produces enough material to chip rather than haul. Material from a recent tree removal, if the wood is not being kept for firewood, gets chipped. The only material I do not chip is anything that is diseased, infested with emerald ash borer, or contaminated with dirt or metal, because that damages the machine and is not worth the risk.
