Leaves Day 2

[AndyMA]

 

[AndyMA]

4th picture shows after a few years composting

 

[TheMan419]

We have a county wide leaf pick up program. It has been the subject of much political debate. In any event many of the leaves are still on the trees. We just had our first snow. So getting the leaves to the curb will be an issue for many. So of course they wont get picked up. The contractor is on a fixed price contract so more profit in his pocket.

 

[oosik]

Only got one tree on all my 80 acres with leaves - some type of ornamental flowering cherry. The remainder are ancient Ponderosa pines. Too late this year to do a needle clean up - got snow on the ground. It will be a spring project to get all the needles off the lawns.

 

[DJ54]

I use them to mulch around my garden plants. Great weed suppression, plus adds organic material to the garden. My neighbor has a lawn service, and has a leaf pickup trailer, with a 16' long bed, and 8'sides. He was bringing me 8-10 loads a year, until he showed his wife that runs a CSA in the summer how well it works. So she now gets over half of them, to save her the labor of weeding her vegetable garden. Gotta' take care of Momma'..!!

Last summer with all of the rain, and grass growing like crazy, I decided to try mulching with grass. Kept my eye out for a Mow & Vac to pick it up with. Found a good used one that needed some minor repair for $200, on FB Marketplace. Made a boot for my Sears ST10, I bought relatively cheap, and paired them up to harvest lawn clippings. Works great, and sure saves a lot of labor keeping weeds out of the garden..!!

 

[MossRoad]

We have a county wide leaf pick up program. It has been the subject of much political debate. In any event many of the leaves are still on the trees. We just had our first snow. So getting the leaves to the curb will be an issue for many. So of course they wont get picked up. The contractor is on a fixed price contract so more profit in his pocket.

The leaves in most of our neighborhood don't get picked up by that guy anyway. They make the 1st pass well before the leaves fall, then everyone burns them, then he makes his next pass. I could tell you stories about that guy. I went to high school with him...... he was two years behind me and friends with my best friend. Oh man... I can't go into it. :laughing:

 

[AndyMA]

We have a great leaf pickup program. Week before Thanksgiving. Front leaves go to street. Rest go to compost pile

 

[millsan1]

I have an awesome program at my place. It's called "blow them into the woods"

My entire property is forest. I clean off my small lawns, driveway, parking area and around my outbuilding. It all just goes out and becomes worm food.

 

[Howling]

I move leaves up hill every year. Collect many bucket fulls and haul up past the tree line.

 

[nyone]

I mulch them in place. I race around with the zero turn about every 3 days when there coming down fast. We got 8in of snow a few days ago and that ended fall clean up quick.

 

[cqaigy2]

I leave em where the land.

 

[Tomtint]

I have a Walker mower with the built in collection system.. it works really well. Chops up the leaves as I mow, pretty fine so they break down even faster.

 

[TheMan419]

Also we have "burn amnesty" once a week in the fall and again in the spring. However it specifically states you cannot burn wet leaves. Really? Ok so now i need to dry them first?

Ah ok so as long as I am burning more than 400 ft from my neighbor I am ok. That means I can burn any time I want. Thanks so much

 

[dalola]

I maintain a 3 acre yard at our main house, which is along a river bottom, so we have a lot of sycamore trees. Anyone who is familiar with sycamore trees knows how thick & tough the leafs are. They will kill the grass if you don't chop them up. So, the gator blades on the Yazoo pretty much vaporizes them, so they can go right back into the soil. I have about one more round, and should be done for the season. The camp cabin, on the other hand, sits in the middle of the woods, with no yard. So guess what? I don't do a darn thing with the leafs there! Much prefer that style, and can't wait to retire & live there full time, and zero yard duties!

 

[MossRoad]

I was kinda shocked that nobody was burning leaves in our neighborhood this weekend, it being the amnesty weekend and all. It was rainy/snowy mix, but that hasn't stopped them in the past at all. They'll probably burn on Thanksgiving day now. :laughing:

 

[TerryR]

I just blow them into the woods with my backpack blower. That's putting them back where they came from.

If the ones along the driveway are really heavy I pick them up with my Trac-Vac, but haven't had to this year as they haven't so far blown heavily into the ditch.

 

[cqaigy2]

If you leave the leaves on the lawn, does it mess the lawn up?

 

[papachaz]

If you leave the leaves on the lawn, does it mess the lawn up?

not really, unless they are super thick. although even at that, they compost down pretty quick. I put them in my garden and till them in, 3 or 4 years in and makes the best garden soil ever

 

[AndyMA]

If I leave the oak leaves on my lawn it all dies. I found that out when I did one year

Andy

 

[Stuart122]

I was chopping some up with flail mower, and putting some on a compost pile. Some I left in place. Whole place burnt down last week, so this year I don't have to do anymore leaves. New flail looks to be totaled, but as I left, I parked the two year-old Mahindra 1526 in the open, it made it.