Applying wood chip mulch

I have been making a number of trips to our town recycling center and bringing home wood chips in the back of my Jeep. Here is a pile after 2 trips.

I have started applying a layer of wood chips to the surface of my garden and carefully side dressed my asparagus plants. I may create an additional growing area next to this bed using newspaper and wood chips so I can grow some corn and winter squash next year.

I continue to add the wood chips to my other 3 beds and the rows in between. My tomatoes were all green for 3 weeks in late August / early September. Now they are all ripening at once.