Leaf removal ponderer Wrote:
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> I back to woods and just rake, blow or put them in
> a trash can and dump them in the backyard. It
> rains, they get packed down and become dirt.
>
> So why then am I the only one in my neighborhood
> who does this? Everyone else puts them in plastic
> garbage bags and leaves them in their front yard.
> I feel like this is costly, takes more time and
> where on earth do the leaves go in those bags?
> (it's not like someone is taking them out of the
> bags and they're getting mulched somewhere)
>
> What is the reason that people bag leaves? Is it
> illegal to just dump them in your yard? Is it a
> fire hazard? I just don't get it. I notice the
> same thing all over the county. Huge piles of bags
> waiting to be picked up in the yards of people
> with huge wooded back yards.
Most people want the leaves to go Away, All the bags get picked up and Taken to Lorton in Fairfax County and get made into leaf Mulch where many people come and get them in the spring and put them on their Gardens. I Mow and Mulch mine up and them on my yard, Blow over the Mulched leaves with the Blower and the grass now has a new layer of Mulch/Dirt in the spring, I also bag my customers leaves who dont back to woods and bring them home for my Garden. I happily do the leaf removal for 35.00 per man hour, most 1/4 acre lots about 105 each time, and I hit them 3 or 4 times, usually from neighbors who wait until they are all down and they blow all over the neighbors yards. You can also get Mulch from Lorton, West Ox and Yatesford road sites free of charge. BTW Many of the Smaller Landscape Companies get the mulch from there free and charge in excess of 80 a yard to put it down. The only real Difference is that the mulch Purchased by larger companies has sat piled for 6-9 months and composted.
http://www.wtop.com/41/3737620/Garden-Plot-Tips-to-shred-store-and-compost-leaves