What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George)

[Copper]

The mulching lawn tractor turns them to dust, not much mulch left.

When I have a lot of leaves, like now, I'll bag them and they are collected as yard debris that probably is mixed with mulch by the collector.

I use the leaf blower to suck them up, it crunches and compacts them.

I use 55 gallon bags, I put out 10 bags last week and 5 this week and there are still plenty to go.

[Doctor Phibes]

Sometimes I mulch them, sometimes I blow them into the woods next to the house.

This year I've mostly been swearing at them.

[Aqua Letifer]

[LuFins Dad]

If I mulched all of our leaves, we would be buried in three years. We mulch some, rake and bag some, and I leave some scattered around on the lawn. It works well…

[Jolly]

@aqua-letifer said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@mik said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

This year we are mulching them all in. I've had my neighbor kid do it three times now and they are doing very well (we have a LOT of leaves). You'd be surprised what they mulch down to. Seems to me making more soil is better than filling up landfills.

Leaves + tea leaves + other household waste = damn fine compost.

Add beer.

[Jolly]

I use a 48 inch yard sweeper, put them in the garden and disc them in.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jolly said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@aqua-letifer said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@mik said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

This year we are mulching them all in. I've had my neighbor kid do it three times now and they are doing very well (we have a LOT of leaves). You'd be surprised what they mulch down to. Seems to me making more soil is better than filling up landfills.

Leaves + tea leaves + other household waste = damn fine compost.

Add beer.

Is that a jibe at my stew recipe?

[Jolly]

@aqua-letifer said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@jolly said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@aqua-letifer said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@mik said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

This year we are mulching them all in. I've had my neighbor kid do it three times now and they are doing very well (we have a LOT of leaves). You'd be surprised what they mulch down to. Seems to me making more soil is better than filling up landfills.

Leaves + tea leaves + other household waste = damn fine compost.

Add beer.

Is that a jibe at my stew recipe?

Nah. There are some folks that swear beer can jump-start a compost pile.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jolly said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@aqua-letifer said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@jolly said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@aqua-letifer said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

@mik said in What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George):

This year we are mulching them all in. I've had my neighbor kid do it three times now and they are doing very well (we have a LOT of leaves). You'd be surprised what they mulch down to. Seems to me making more soil is better than filling up landfills.

Leaves + tea leaves + other household waste = damn fine compost.

Add beer.

Is that a jibe at my stew recipe?

Nah. There are some folks that swear beer can jump-start a compost pile.

I've never heard of that! I can see the reasoning, though.

[LuFins Dad]

But what a waste of beer!

Is it okay if it’s recycled beer?

[89th]

First time owning my own house/yard. Mainly mulch with a little rake/bag (well, yard waste bin) for the times where LOTS of leaves would fall overnight. I know mulching is good for the yard, but also heard it can lead to some thatch down the road.