E-Z TREE RECYCLING

Great experience for the second time. The mulch was good quality. Setting up the delivery was easy and on-time / as-promised. I found the price to be more than competitive when comparing to other vendors.

I called Mike three times to ask about delivery, costs, and scheduling. He was patient and friendly each time with my questions. He communicates well. He also delivered the mulch himself. He was right on time. I live in Lakeview, near Wrigley Field. So, it was a $110 to deliver. The mulch quality is good. No excessive debris or garbage in it. I bought 18 cubic yards for the parkway of my condo courtyard building. Price per yard was very reasonable.

Everything went perfectly. Mike was friendly over the phone, the price was great, the driver was on-time, and the mulch appears to be pretty high-quality. I really couldn't have asked for more. They even delivered two days after I called - and over the Memorial Day holiday! Wish working with every contractor/ service provider was this easy.

E-Z Tree recycling's products are great! The topsoil/compost blend supports incredible vegetable and flower growth (out of control tomatos!), and the company is responsive and prompt. I found them online last year (2015) while converting my backyard to a set of raised vegetable beds. Their prices were great compared to all the other local soil supply companies, they're a local family business, so I gave them a try. Delivery was punctual, the driver called the day before and 15 minutes prior to delivery. The beds we made with the blend produced such an incredible crop of the most flavorful and abundant produce, we expanded our beds this year (2016) and re-did my neighbor's vegetable garden with the soil as well. (Keep in mind that moving 15 cu yards of dirt will take 2 people all day.) The blend supports a great worm population and we had no problems with plant disease or insect pests. I certainly plan to top up the beds in the coming year with fresh compost and mulch from E-Z Tree! The owner, Mike Fowler, is very pleasant.

They arrived on time. They brought the order I had purchased and they placed it in the yard quickly and efficiently.

Excellent

The mulch had a nice quality and color, however, because the mulch is made from recycled wood products there were many metal objects in it (nails, bolts, etc.) I would not recommend buying mulch from this company if you have small children who might be playing in or around the mulched areas as it would be easy for them to find an old rusty nail. The only reason that I said we would not hire this company again is because it was too much work for use to spread multiple yards of mulch across the condominium complex. In the future I would hire a landscaping company to do this for us.

I do a lot of organic gardening and spent a bundle on $4-7 bags of compost, organic mulch and topsoil before I found these guys. Now I go over there, grab their shovel and some of the big paper bags they provide, and shovel my own organic mulch, compost, or topsoil for $1 or $1.50 a bag. Since the products are made and distributed in my neighborhood, the carbon footprint is much lower than driving to Home Depot to buy plastic wrapped bags trucked in from somewhere else. EZ also does truckloads, firewood, and receive trees. I picked up salvaged bricks and granite cobblestones to line my beds for free. You can watch them chopping up local trees, grinding mulch and sifting soil right there, so you know it is what they say. Definitely a good find for gardeners on the South Side.

UPDATE:
I have used E-Z tree for compost, mulch, woodchips and firewood regularly over the past several years. I like that they are very local to my project sites, easy to deal with, and often willing to give non-profits a slight discount. I try to support hyper-local businesses whenever possible. Their worksite is a fascinating place to take kids who are into big machines, or to salvage cool cuts of wood for DIY crafting, tables and sculpture.
BUT
I had heard from others that E-Z's compost was not tested for nutrient content and tended to be nitrogen poor due to disproportionately large amounts of tree waste (as opposed to manure and leaf waste). Since I usually mixed my compost with other soil and mushroom compost, this never became a problem for me. But last year I got two trucks of compost/soil mix for a new garden site -- and regretted it all summer. The mix was so nitrogen poor that despite multiple additions of nitrogen rich amendments, -nothing- would grow. I do mean -nothing-. We tested for all other issues, and it all came down to the nitrogen problem. My clients were extremely unhappy, and I was embarrassed at not delivering on my contract. Not only did I spend additional money on amendments that didn't solve the problem, but now I will be replacing the bad compost with a better - and tested - product. I'll still go to E-Z for wood, chips and mulch, but my compost will come from elsewhere from now on.

I called for two face cords of hardwood firewood delivered. They gave me a good price for a mixed lot, dumped at my garage entrance, early the next Saturday morning. The driver called as he approached, brought his truck into alley without hitting any overhead wires, and dumped two plus face cords from the truck. Stacking was easy for my wife and me, maybe 45 minutes and two neighbors asked for references to E-Z Tree.

Always helpful and prompt. Delivery is on schedule and I always seem to get a bit more wood than I expect. The wood is delivered dry and ready to burn, but it's best to order early and let it season a while anyway.

They offered next day service if you called by a certain time (and depending on the amount of soil needed). They were helpful and gave me tips for the sod installations well.

E Z TREE RECYCLING ANSWERED THE PHONE RIGHT AWAY. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT MY DELIVERY ON THEIR SCHEDULE A FEW DAYS LATER. THEY WERE VERY FAST, FRIENDLY AND HAD GOOD, SEASONED WOOD. READY TO BURN.