You can also use wood chips to make pathways between rows of plants to reduce soil compaction ... which can dislodge soil particles and wash them downstream. "A layer of wood chips limits the ...

Apply wood ash around existing plants, such as trees or emerging perennials ... as the ash will easily blow or wash away. Apply the ash to moist soil so it remains in place and begins leaching ...

Published today in Nature Plants is the oldest evidence of tylosis formation from Late Devonian (360-million-year-old) fossil wood from the Hook Head Peninsula area, Co. Wexford, Ireland.