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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Leaf removal ponderer
()
Date: November 21, 2014 10:30AM
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.
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.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
FrankRizzo
()
Date: November 21, 2014 10:58AM
Bagging is for tards. I blow my leaves into the woods next to my house as well. No harm , easier, and cheaper as you stated.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Beyond the block
()
Date: November 21, 2014 11:28AM
Some lawn services bag for pickup by others. Some rake/blow and then suck them up into their own trucks. Some DIY-types bag also, while those who have rights to use an accessible wooded area or who maintain a compost heap of their own often do use those. This works much better if the leaves are shredded or otherwise compacted first. Which is exactly what happens to bagged leaves after pickup. Between March 1 and December 24, they are shredded and used by local government or dumped into area leaf-mulch piles that residents can then withdraw from for use as a mulch or soil amendment in following seasons. Between Dec 25 and the end of February, leaves and other yard debris (aside from Christmas trees) are processed as ordinary trash.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
XKjxe
()
Date: November 21, 2014 11:31AM
Why? Because every time I fill up a bag, I like to yell out at the top of my lungs "BAG IT AND TAG IT" and then place it softly on the curb.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
7CWYw
()
Date: November 21, 2014 11:42AM
Alright dipshits, I'll point out the obvious piece of the puzzle you're missing - not all of our houses back to woods. I have neighbors who don't want me to dump all of the leaves in my yard into theirs.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
RECYCLE THIS FUCKTARDS
()
Date: November 21, 2014 12:00PM
I bag just so there are more plastic unbiodegradable plastic bags cluttering the Earth. EAT IT BITCHES!!!!
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Mulch in place
()
Date: November 21, 2014 12:16PM
The best option is to mulch them in place. Every year in October I remove the discharge blades from my mower and install the mulching blades. I then cover the discharge port with the mulching cover.
I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust. No leaves left to bag or blow.
I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of leaves into dust in minutes.
http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachments-mulch-kits/b-1021784
I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust. No leaves left to bag or blow.
I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of leaves into dust in minutes.
http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachments-mulch-kits/b-1021784
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Choppa
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:09PM
Mulch in place Wrote:
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> The best option is to mulch them in place. Every
> year in October I remove the discharge blades from
> my mower and install the mulching blades. I then
> cover the discharge port with the mulching cover.
>
>
> I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust.
> No leaves left to bag or blow.
>
> I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> leaves into dust in minutes.
>
>
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
> ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
Yep, same here. I've got a lot of trees too. There's some technique to it when you have a ton but far better than the raking/b;owing and bagging deal. That's just ridiculous.
When they come down gradually and it's dry like this year it's a piece of cake. Chop 'em up and they're gone. Also have a separate blower/vac that chops and blows them into tiny bits too for where the mower doesn't reach. Takes maybe 10% of the time deal with versus blowing and bagging.
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> The best option is to mulch them in place. Every
> year in October I remove the discharge blades from
> my mower and install the mulching blades. I then
> cover the discharge port with the mulching cover.
>
>
> I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust.
> No leaves left to bag or blow.
>
> I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> leaves into dust in minutes.
>
>
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
> ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
Yep, same here. I've got a lot of trees too. There's some technique to it when you have a ton but far better than the raking/b;owing and bagging deal. That's just ridiculous.
When they come down gradually and it's dry like this year it's a piece of cake. Chop 'em up and they're gone. Also have a separate blower/vac that chops and blows them into tiny bits too for where the mower doesn't reach. Takes maybe 10% of the time deal with versus blowing and bagging.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
UR Dumb
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:15PM
RECYCLE THIS FUCKTARDS Wrote:
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> I bag just so there are more plastic
> unbiodegradable plastic bags cluttering the Earth.
> EAT IT BITCHES!!!!
Typical Republican.
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> I bag just so there are more plastic
> unbiodegradable plastic bags cluttering the Earth.
> EAT IT BITCHES!!!!
Typical Republican.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Fun To Watch
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:16PM
I blow mine into a huge pile in the gutter out front - with some concrete blocks underneath and well hidden by the leaves. Teenagers who are always speeding on my street think they'll have fun running through the pile to scatter them. At least one each year finds the blocks at around 50mph.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
496
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:31PM
Fun To Watch Wrote:
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> I blow mine into a huge pile in the gutter out
> front - with some concrete blocks underneath and
> well hidden by the leaves. Teenagers who are
> always speeding on my street think they'll have
> fun running through the pile to scatter them. At
> least one each year finds the blocks at around
> 50mph.
+1
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> I blow mine into a huge pile in the gutter out
> front - with some concrete blocks underneath and
> well hidden by the leaves. Teenagers who are
> always speeding on my street think they'll have
> fun running through the pile to scatter them. At
> least one each year finds the blocks at around
> 50mph.
+1
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
No idea why people bag leaves...
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:41PM
Mulch in place Wrote:
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> The best option is to mulch them in place. Every
> year in October I remove the discharge blades from
> my mower and install the mulching blades. I then
> cover the discharge port with the mulching cover.
>
>
> I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust.
> No leaves left to bag or blow.
>
> I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> leaves into dust in minutes.
>
>
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
> ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
agree. I purchased a Craftsman mulching mower 11 years ago and it still does great. I never bag grass or leaves. I blow leaves from under my deck and from behind bushes and flower beds and simply mulch it on the lawn. This is soooo much easier than the stoop labor and wast involved in bagging.
I wait till the leaves are nice and dry and the blowing/mulching is easy. I can blow and mulch my 1/4 acre lot in about 90 minutes including the beds and cleaning up my walks and driveway. I do this once when about 80% of the leaves are down and again when they are all down. The first mulching kills 2 birds with one stone as I have to mow the lawn after Halloween anyway.
Benefits include free nutrients for the lawn, no expensive bags and no back pain. Even when I lived on a lot with 7 large red maples I could do this. In that case I would rake up the piles of pulverized leaves and compost them.
No idea why people bag leaves...
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> The best option is to mulch them in place. Every
> year in October I remove the discharge blades from
> my mower and install the mulching blades. I then
> cover the discharge port with the mulching cover.
>
>
> I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust.
> No leaves left to bag or blow.
>
> I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> leaves into dust in minutes.
>
>
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
> ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
agree. I purchased a Craftsman mulching mower 11 years ago and it still does great. I never bag grass or leaves. I blow leaves from under my deck and from behind bushes and flower beds and simply mulch it on the lawn. This is soooo much easier than the stoop labor and wast involved in bagging.
I wait till the leaves are nice and dry and the blowing/mulching is easy. I can blow and mulch my 1/4 acre lot in about 90 minutes including the beds and cleaning up my walks and driveway. I do this once when about 80% of the leaves are down and again when they are all down. The first mulching kills 2 birds with one stone as I have to mow the lawn after Halloween anyway.
Benefits include free nutrients for the lawn, no expensive bags and no back pain. Even when I lived on a lot with 7 large red maples I could do this. In that case I would rake up the piles of pulverized leaves and compost them.
No idea why people bag leaves...
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Luke-warm stove league
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:49PM
Fun To Watch Wrote:
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> I blow mine into a huge pile in the gutter out
> front - with some concrete blocks underneath and
> well hidden by the leaves. Teenagers who are
> always speeding on my street think they'll have
> fun running through the pile to scatter them. At
> least one each year finds the blocks at around
> 50mph.
Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were true, at least once a year you would have been sentenced to a jail term.
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> I blow mine into a huge pile in the gutter out
> front - with some concrete blocks underneath and
> well hidden by the leaves. Teenagers who are
> always speeding on my street think they'll have
> fun running through the pile to scatter them. At
> least one each year finds the blocks at around
> 50mph.
Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were true, at least once a year you would have been sentenced to a jail term.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
497
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:50PM
Luke-warm stove league Wrote:
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> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
+ 1
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> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
+ 1
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
498
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:52PM
Luke-warm stove league Wrote:
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> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
+ 1
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> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
+ 1
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
499
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:53PM
Luke-warm stove league Wrote:
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> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
+ 1
--------------------------------------------------
> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
+ 1
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
HcLw7
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:57PM
Not sure how many trees you guys have but with the amount of leaves I have its just way too much material to mulch up. I bought the craftsman mulching blades and tried but the result still coats the lawn. I have a heavily treed lot with many 80'+ oaks. But I don't back to woods or anywhere else I can put them all, luckily ffx county comes by and sucks them up so I don't gave to bag. Still a pain in the ass to rake/blow them all to the curb but hey its decent exercise.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Fun To Watch
()
Date: November 21, 2014 02:59PM
Luke-warm stove league Wrote:
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> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
Not if its just an unfortunate accident precipitated by careless driving. If someone hits an immobile object, it's that drivers fault. The police have shown up and cited the driver in both cases for inattention and failure to control.
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> Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> true, at least once a year you would have been
> sentenced to a jail term.
Not if its just an unfortunate accident precipitated by careless driving. If someone hits an immobile object, it's that drivers fault. The police have shown up and cited the driver in both cases for inattention and failure to control.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Fuck the leaf guy
()
Date: November 21, 2014 03:32PM
What about fire trucks, ambulances, utility vehies, and cop cars? You think the road exists for your shitty piles of leaves and concrete Blocks to sit on one season a year?
Fuck you pal.
And fuck that cop.
You or the cop's citation wouldn't last in court.
Fuck you pal.
And fuck that cop.
You or the cop's citation wouldn't last in court.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
6WTUv
()
Date: November 21, 2014 03:35PM
Fun To Watch Wrote:
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>
> Not if its just an unfortunate accident
> precipitated by careless driving. If someone hits
> an immobile object, it's that drivers fault. The
> police have shown up and cited the driver in both
> cases for inattention and failure to control.
Both cases? I thought you said at least once a year you fucking LIAR
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>
> Not if its just an unfortunate accident
> precipitated by careless driving. If someone hits
> an immobile object, it's that drivers fault. The
> police have shown up and cited the driver in both
> cases for inattention and failure to control.
Both cases? I thought you said at least once a year you fucking LIAR
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Luke-warm stove league
()
Date: November 21, 2014 03:49PM
Fun To Watch Wrote:
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> Not if its just an unfortunate accident
> precipitated by careless driving. If someone hits
> an immobile object, it's that drivers fault. The
> police have shown up and cited the driver in both
> cases for inattention and failure to control.
LOL! More just plain stupid bullshit. It is illegal to endanger the public. As a repeat offender, you would currently be serving quite a long sentence. But since you never actually did any of this, that's not the case.
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> Not if its just an unfortunate accident
> precipitated by careless driving. If someone hits
> an immobile object, it's that drivers fault. The
> police have shown up and cited the driver in both
> cases for inattention and failure to control.
LOL! More just plain stupid bullshit. It is illegal to endanger the public. As a repeat offender, you would currently be serving quite a long sentence. But since you never actually did any of this, that's not the case.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
FrankRizzo
()
Date: November 21, 2014 04:05PM
Fuck you and your face.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
LOL...
()
Date: November 21, 2014 04:26PM
You're such a failure, Frankie...
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Fun To Watch
()
Date: November 21, 2014 04:34PM
6WTUv Wrote:
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> Both cases? I thought you said at least once a
> year you fucking LIAR
Two years running. I hope you pass through my neighborhood and make it three. Your mom will be upset about you ruining her '96 Honda, but that will be your problem.
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> Both cases? I thought you said at least once a
> year you fucking LIAR
Two years running. I hope you pass through my neighborhood and make it three. Your mom will be upset about you ruining her '96 Honda, but that will be your problem.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Shawshank
()
Date: November 21, 2014 04:45PM
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)
I do the same thing in backyard...my house backs to wooded common area. For the past few years I have hired a service...with giant blowers and three guys the job takes under an hour and costs around $120 which is easily worth the money since it would take me the better part of an afternoon at least.
The front and side yards I still bag, but there are only a small amount of leaves since I removed two trees earlier this year and most seem to originate from my neighbor's yard and his two large maple trees.
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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)
I do the same thing in backyard...my house backs to wooded common area. For the past few years I have hired a service...with giant blowers and three guys the job takes under an hour and costs around $120 which is easily worth the money since it would take me the better part of an afternoon at least.
The front and side yards I still bag, but there are only a small amount of leaves since I removed two trees earlier this year and most seem to originate from my neighbor's yard and his two large maple trees.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
LOL...
()
Date: November 21, 2014 04:47PM
What a fucking liar. Tell us next about the poisoned candy bars you handed out at Halloween, you mindless dumbfuck.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
helpless housewife
()
Date: November 21, 2014 05:40PM
Mulch in place Wrote:
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> The best option is to mulch them in place. Every
> year in October I remove the discharge blades from
> my mower and install the mulching blades. I then
> cover the discharge port with the mulching cover.
>
>
> I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust.
> No leaves left to bag or blow.
>
> I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> leaves into dust in minutes.
>
>
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
> ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
You are my dream man (please tell me you are a guy) but too bad I am married. Seriously, I'd be so excited if my husband did all of this. Yeah, baby.
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> The best option is to mulch them in place. Every
> year in October I remove the discharge blades from
> my mower and install the mulching blades. I then
> cover the discharge port with the mulching cover.
>
>
> I drive over the leaves and mulch them into dust.
> No leaves left to bag or blow.
>
> I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> leaves into dust in minutes.
>
>
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
> ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
You are my dream man (please tell me you are a guy) but too bad I am married. Seriously, I'd be so excited if my husband did all of this. Yeah, baby.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Every.Asian.EVER
()
Date: November 21, 2014 06:18PM
I just dump mine into round-eye neighbor's yard...
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
NS 13
()
Date: November 21, 2014 06:25PM
We burned leaves in my yard in the 60's, when did it become illegal?
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
lllllrrrriiicckkkkkeee
()
Date: November 21, 2014 06:48PM
Fun To Watch Wrote:
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> 6WTUv Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Both cases? I thought you said at least once a
> > year you fucking LIAR
>
> Two years running. I hope you pass through my
> neighborhood and make it three. Your mom will be
> upset about you ruining her '96 Honda, but that
> will be your problem.
At least when I plow into that shit I'll know which house you live it so that I can flick you off some time.
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> 6WTUv Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Both cases? I thought you said at least once a
> > year you fucking LIAR
>
> Two years running. I hope you pass through my
> neighborhood and make it three. Your mom will be
> upset about you ruining her '96 Honda, but that
> will be your problem.
At least when I plow into that shit I'll know which house you live it so that I can flick you off some time.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
leaf killer
()
Date: November 21, 2014 10:06PM
I enjoy mowing the leaves. In fact, Sunday is going to be nice so I'm going to go chop up some leaves.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Mulch in place
()
Date: November 21, 2014 10:15PM
helpless housewife Wrote:
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> Mulch in place Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The best option is to mulch them in place.
> Every
> > year in October I remove the discharge blades
> from
> > my mower and install the mulching blades. I
> then
> > cover the discharge port with the mulching
> cover.
> >
> >
> > I drive over the leaves and mulch them into
> dust.
> > No leaves left to bag or blow.
> >
> > I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> > leaves into dust in minutes.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
>
> > ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
>
> You are my dream man (please tell me you are a
> guy) but too bad I am married. Seriously, I'd be
> so excited if my husband did all of this. Yeah,
> baby.
Do you take anal? Willingly? Because I would be so excited if you did this as my wife...
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> Mulch in place Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The best option is to mulch them in place.
> Every
> > year in October I remove the discharge blades
> from
> > my mower and install the mulching blades. I
> then
> > cover the discharge port with the mulching
> cover.
> >
> >
> > I drive over the leaves and mulch them into
> dust.
> > No leaves left to bag or blow.
> >
> > I can turn a 2 foot high 100 foot long pile of
> > leaves into dust in minutes.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.sears.com/lawn-garden-tractor-attachmen
>
> > ts-mulch-kits/b-1021784
>
> You are my dream man (please tell me you are a
> guy) but too bad I am married. Seriously, I'd be
> so excited if my husband did all of this. Yeah,
> baby.
Do you take anal? Willingly? Because I would be so excited if you did this as my wife...
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
riparian rights
()
Date: November 21, 2014 10:20PM
I don't have woods behind my house but I do have a river.
My hired beaners just blow 'em into the drink and they float away, never to be seen again.
My hired beaners just blow 'em into the drink and they float away, never to be seen again.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
496
()
Date: November 22, 2014 04:03AM
499 Wrote:
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> Luke-warm stove league Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> > true, at least once a year you would have been
> > sentenced to a jail term.
>
> + 1
+1
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> Luke-warm stove league Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > Ah, the old concrete block story. If it were
> > true, at least once a year you would have been
> > sentenced to a jail term.
>
> + 1
+1
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Fairfax Conservative
()
Date: November 22, 2014 07:26AM
I compost everything: grass clippings in summer, leaves in fall, kitchen waste year round. No food goes into my trash can.
Every spring, I dig down a few feet into my compost and soil that is better than potting soil you buy at the store.
None of my Liberal friends compost. None of them.
Every spring, I dig down a few feet into my compost and soil that is better than potting soil you buy at the store.
None of my Liberal friends compost. None of them.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Shunned by all
()
Date: November 22, 2014 06:48PM
Fairfax Conservative Wrote:
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> None of my Liberal friends compost. None of them.
Apparently you just don't have any friends, period. These composting, "Friends of the Earth", urban-garden, recycling types are overwhelmingly liberal. You somehow manage not to come into contact with ANY of them? What a troll.
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> None of my Liberal friends compost. None of them.
Apparently you just don't have any friends, period. These composting, "Friends of the Earth", urban-garden, recycling types are overwhelmingly liberal. You somehow manage not to come into contact with ANY of them? What a troll.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
xHbN9
()
Date: November 22, 2014 08:06PM
why bag?
because your a damn idiot who does monkey see monkey do with no inginuity
and because your too lazy, very likely you'll hire an illegal to do it for you
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Leaf it alone
()
Date: November 23, 2014 10:23PM
This is how real men handle leaves.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Raker and Bagget
()
Date: November 26, 2014 06:52AM
Because:
1) Leaves, dead grass, twigs, old mulch is yard waste and yard waste under dry, windy, low dew point conditions in winter = brush fires.
2) That stuff also clogs up those big drains in the water management troughs all over your neighborhood.
3)One and two above are why there are signs posted all over your neighborhood prohibiting dumping of yard debris. This was ignored in my neighborhood and cost a bundle in raised HOA fees coupled with the bad decision durring the Recession to stop mowing these areas. Dumb, it was cheaper to mow. The woods is not your trash can.
4) You will start getting cold stares from neighbors who keep up with the chore of leave removal and bagging. I own a snow blowing machine but I don't help out the guy that piles his leaves on the back property line 3 feet deep and then watches me struggle to get them off my lawn and flower beds all winter. In fact, what I feel for this family is one degree removed from hatred. A household with five adults and not one lifts a hand to a rake or blower. Total losers.
5) If everyone's yard looks bad all winter it makes it hard for people who have to put their house on the market during those months.
1) Leaves, dead grass, twigs, old mulch is yard waste and yard waste under dry, windy, low dew point conditions in winter = brush fires.
2) That stuff also clogs up those big drains in the water management troughs all over your neighborhood.
3)One and two above are why there are signs posted all over your neighborhood prohibiting dumping of yard debris. This was ignored in my neighborhood and cost a bundle in raised HOA fees coupled with the bad decision durring the Recession to stop mowing these areas. Dumb, it was cheaper to mow. The woods is not your trash can.
4) You will start getting cold stares from neighbors who keep up with the chore of leave removal and bagging. I own a snow blowing machine but I don't help out the guy that piles his leaves on the back property line 3 feet deep and then watches me struggle to get them off my lawn and flower beds all winter. In fact, what I feel for this family is one degree removed from hatred. A household with five adults and not one lifts a hand to a rake or blower. Total losers.
5) If everyone's yard looks bad all winter it makes it hard for people who have to put their house on the market during those months.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
you sir are a tool...
()
Date: November 26, 2014 07:06AM
Fairfax Conservative Wrote:
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> I compost everything: grass clippings in summer,
> leaves in fall, kitchen waste year round. No food
> goes into my trash can.
>
> Every spring, I dig down a few feet into my
> compost and soil that is better than potting soil
> you buy at the store.
>
> None of my Liberal friends compost. None of them.
because composting is a political issue - you sir are a tool...
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> I compost everything: grass clippings in summer,
> leaves in fall, kitchen waste year round. No food
> goes into my trash can.
>
> Every spring, I dig down a few feet into my
> compost and soil that is better than potting soil
> you buy at the store.
>
> None of my Liberal friends compost. None of them.
because composting is a political issue - you sir are a tool...
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Fairfax Conservative
()
Date: November 26, 2014 07:32AM
No, a tool is what I use in my garden.
I brought it up because Liberals go around telling everyone else how to live their lives, while they usually (and hypocritically) don't.
Liberals tell us what cars to drive.
Liberals tell us how many pieces of toilet paper to use.
Liberals tell us to consume less.
Yet, pretty much every Liberal I know lives a life that is selfish, wasteful, and certainly not up to their dictates.
And I do love my Liberal friends.
I brought it up because Liberals go around telling everyone else how to live their lives, while they usually (and hypocritically) don't.
Liberals tell us what cars to drive.
Liberals tell us how many pieces of toilet paper to use.
Liberals tell us to consume less.
Yet, pretty much every Liberal I know lives a life that is selfish, wasteful, and certainly not up to their dictates.
And I do love my Liberal friends.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
no ordeal
()
Date: November 26, 2014 07:36AM
We've always used a combination of raking/bagging, leaf vac, mower.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Puta
()
Date: November 26, 2014 09:21AM
If you don't want to rake, mulch, bag your leaves just hire these guys and you too can live like 21st aristocracy.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Homie D Clown
()
Date: November 26, 2014 04:24PM
Fun To Watch Wrote:
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> 6WTUv Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Both cases? I thought you said at least once a
> > year you fucking LIAR
>
> Two years running. I hope you pass through my
> neighborhood and make it three. Your mom will be
> upset about you ruining her '96 Honda, but that
> will be your problem.
So when you find an old concrete block had sailed through your front window, you know where it came from. Good plan.
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> 6WTUv Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Both cases? I thought you said at least once a
> > year you fucking LIAR
>
> Two years running. I hope you pass through my
> neighborhood and make it three. Your mom will be
> upset about you ruining her '96 Honda, but that
> will be your problem.
So when you find an old concrete block had sailed through your front window, you know where it came from. Good plan.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
You know...
()
Date: November 26, 2014 06:38PM
There is a trick to being a good storyteller. These conservaflops have not mastered it. They just make worse and worse fools of themselves.
Re: Leaf removal - why bag?
Posted by:
Burke Brat
()
Date: November 27, 2014 09:04PM
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
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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