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Control weeds in vegetable garden before planting

...well for larger vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant. Good mulches include pine straw, pine bark and wood chips. It is usually a good idea to wait until about June 1 to mulch the vegetables in order to allow the soil temperature to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/home/gardening/2013-04-02/control-weeds-vegeta
Big rig overturns on Peach Orchard Road

Crews spent several hours at a Peach Orchard Road intersection cleaning up wood chips after a tractor trailer overturned Thursday.Richmond County sheriff's Capt. Steven Strickland said the incident occurred just...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-06-28/big-rig-overturns-peach-orch
Tiger Woods wins AT&T National, passes Nicklaus on all-time win list

...third shot. He moved it only a few yards, still in the collar of the rough, and chipped about 12 feet by the hole. Woods' chip up the slope rolled 15 feet by, and he missed the par putt.Van Pelt also missed his par putt, and they walked away...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2012-07-01/tiger-woods-wins-att-nationa
McIlroy wins PGA Championship by 8 strokes

...McIlroy looked solid as ever. After pulling his approach on the par-5 second hole under a tree, he hit wedge off the wood chips to 6 feet for birdie. He came up just short of the green at No. 3, where the tees were moved up to play 293 yards...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2012-08-12/mcilroy-wins-pga-championshi
Rory McIlroy romps to PGA Championship title

...McIlroy looked solid as ever. After pulling his approach on the par-5 second hole under a tree, he hit wedge off the wood chips to 6 feet for birdie. He came up just short of the green at No. 3, where the tees were moved up to play 293 yards...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2012-08-12/rory-mcilroy-romps-pga-champ
Trees fuel growing demand for cleaner energy

...The technology revolves around a simple ingredient: wood chips that arrive by truck each day from forests and farms...paid over time through money saved on energy costs.The wood chips that fuel the plant are often trucked to SRS the day...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-09-24/trees-fuel-growing-demand-cle
Atlanta firm plans wood pellet mill in Edgefield County, S.C.

...under pressure to use less coal.Export-quality pellets are denser, drier and more consistent in composition than raw wood chips burned in biomass-generation facilities and paper mills. Both industries help make use of renewable forest resources...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-09-24/atlanta-firm-plans-wood-pelle
Questions were raised about failed ethanol plant that cost taxpayers at least $75 million

...obtained government backing.Located about 80 miles west of Savannah, the Range Fuels operation was proposed to transform wood chips into ethanol fuel, but it closed last year without producing any usable ethanol. Taxpayers lost at least $75 million...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-09-02/questions-were-raised-about-f
Rory McIlroy romps to PGA Championship title

...McIlroy looked solid as ever. After pulling his approach on the par-5 second hole under a tree, he hit wedge off the wood chips to 6 feet for birdie. He came up just short of the green at No. 3, where the tees were moved up to play 293 yards...

http://augusta.com/masters/story/news/latest-news/rory-mcilroy-romps-pga-champio
Augusta Newsprint fire caused by equipment overheating

...Firefighters were called to the company at 2434 Doug Barnard Parkway around 9:45 p.m. after a machine feeding wood chips and tree bark into a hopper overheated and started a fire, according to Richmond County Fire Department's Capt. Jack...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-06-20/fire-reported-augusta-newspr