What do you do with your leaves? (Not YOU, George)
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@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.
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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.
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Sometimes I mulch them, sometimes I blow them into the woods next to the house.
This year I've mostly been swearing at them.
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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 wellβ¦
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@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.
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@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?
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@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.
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@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.
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But what a waste of beer!
Is it okay if itβs recycled beer?
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