cedar for mulch?

i have a ton of eastern red cedar boards to plane...would these shavings be ok to use for a top layer outdoors...i know they make dog bedding with it because bugs dont like it

Yeah, I think so. I wouldn't let them touch the main stem if I could help it, though.

Seamaiden said:

Yeah, I think so. I wouldn't let them touch the main stem if I could help it, though.

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hopefully that and garlic will hold back the bugs...any thoughts on how to stop deer(pellets?),rabbits(moth balls?)or snakes?

w99illie said:

hopefully that and garlic will hold back the bugs...any thoughts on how to stop deer(pellets?),rabbits(moth balls?)or snakes?

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Deer, rabbit, ect - Carnavoir urine and/or poo.(i.e. dog), human urine will work to but not as long(just pee in a cup with perlite/dirt)

Snakes - What the fuck lol. I'm pretty sure they don't eat plants.

Humans - Stake these around your plot

TRESSPASERS WILL BE SHOT, SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN

not so much worried about snakes bothering plants so much as making me shxt my pants when visiting plants...we are infested with timber rattlers and copperheads

Ah, get yourself a snake hook. I have no advice for deer though, sorry.

Seamaiden said:

Ah, get yourself a snake hook. I have no advice for deer though, sorry.

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snake hook wont do much good if i am squatting down admiring a pretty plant and i put my hand on it...lol...but i would definately need charmin

No, you'd use it to clear the area. I don't joke about this, I've literally found myself surrounded on all sides wearing the wrong thing (sandals, was in deep ivy). That hook can clear you a perimeter. I think copperheads sure are pretty.