Leaf cleanup

[Anonymous]

How many times does it make sense to have a company do leaf removal? I have a few big trees that shed leaves and some smaller crepe myrtles.

I figure once mid November and once mid December? Is a third time needed?

[Anonymous]

Don’t clean up your leaves, it’s much better for the environment to leave them be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t clean up your leaves, it’s much better for the environment to leave them be.

So many tree huggers on here.

[Anonymous]

I don’t clean up the leaves. They enrich the soil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t clean up the leaves. They enrich the soil.

This is true if you can mulch your leaves. Otherwise wet leaves will cover your grass and suffocate it. Better to clean it than having dead spots.

[Anonymous]

Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

Please tell us how it is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

Please tell us how it is different.

purposely obtuse i suppose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

Please tell us how it is different.

purposely obtuse i suppose?

No, I'd like an explanation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

Please tell us how it is different.

purposely obtuse i suppose?

No, I'd like an explanation.

If you don't clean/mulch leaves, after rain they will "stick" to the ground - essentially covering and weighting down on grass. If you leave it as is, it will kill the grass underneath. You know how people say use newspaper to kill weeds/unwanted grass? It's the same concept.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

Please tell us how it is different.

purposely obtuse i suppose?

No, I'd like an explanation.

If you don't clean/mulch leaves, after rain they will "stick" to the ground - essentially covering and weighting down on grass. If you leave it as is, it will kill the grass underneath. You know how people say use newspaper to kill weeds/unwanted grass? It's the same concept.

So as long as they are mowed over, (not bagged), they will enrich the soil.

I rake leaves from the driveway and mow over them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

Please tell us how it is different.

purposely obtuse i suppose?

No, I'd like an explanation.

If you don't clean/mulch leaves, after rain they will "stick" to the ground - essentially covering and weighting down on grass. If you leave it as is, it will kill the grass underneath. You know how people say use newspaper to kill weeds/unwanted grass? It's the same concept.

So as long as they are mowed over, (not bagged), they will enrich the soil.

I rake leaves from the driveway and mow over them.

Yes the best thing to do, if you have time and tools, is to mulch them over. Just keep going over and over and try to break it down to smaller pieces. Keep an eye on rain though. You want to do it while they are dry. It's so much easier that way. If people are concerned about bagged leaves going to landfill, in most jurisdictions, they are recycled. I usually dump it in the wooded area of my yard.

[Anonymous]

NP. I blow or rake all mine into a long pile along one of my property lines. They decompose enough by spring and I cover in mulch. Saves a ton or money and my yard is full of birds now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they enrich the soil in the middle of a forest but not your lawn ya nitwit.

Please tell us how it is different.

purposely obtuse i suppose?

No, I'd like an explanation.

If you don't clean/mulch leaves, after rain they will "stick" to the ground - essentially covering and weighting down on grass. If you leave it as is, it will kill the grass underneath. You know how people say use newspaper to kill weeds/unwanted grass? It's the same concept.

I don’t have much grass but the leaves that land on the lawn do get mowed over. It’s astounding that you don’t know that but see fit to comment regardless. 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I blow or rake all mine into a long pile along one of my property lines. They decompose enough by spring and I cover in mulch. Saves a ton or money and my yard is full of birds now.

I read that before, but I don't know how you do it. One bad windy day is all it takes to blow the leaves all over the neighborhood for me. And, of course, I don't want to make my neighbors unhappy, so I clean it out or mulch.