Creating a woodland garden

Today I moved the rotting tree chippings that have been composting in a parking space for the past year. The chips were moldy and crawling with worms and centipedes and various other wood eating insects. The mixture was damp. Just what I needed to fertilize the space under the trees where I planted four local woodland plants.

The soil under the trees is compacted and pretty much dead. It's dry and hard, hard to the point dandilions have a hard time. Now there's a six or so inch layer of living mulch. I soaked it after moving it. The plants there now like a moist soil, I'm hoping they spread into the mulch.

I'm thinking about some native ferns and a neighbour mentioned Salmon berries.

I also sprinkled some white clover seeds around our blueberry bushes. I think our soil here is a little weak, so I'm going to try some ideas to increase its fertility.