leaf bags

**fritz03** · 11-20-2007, 08:14 AM

These are the eight bags I picked up off our lawn with the Lawn Mower over the last few days.Our neighbors finally cleaned theirs off and there is more on their lawn.They have 13 bags out.I don't know if this the way you get rid of yard waste in the United States but this is how we do it here.It has been done this way for the last 5 to 7 years before this it was clear plastic bags.

**pitc9** · 11-20-2007, 08:21 AM

YIKES that's a lot!!!

**Dorothy39** · 11-20-2007, 08:26 AM

Yes, lawn clean-up is done much the same way here~ Yet, I've seen different types of bags, full of leaves, in different cities(locations).

You sure did have your day cut out for you!!!! That's a lot of leaves to rake up!!!!

**mina'smomma** · 11-20-2007, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by fritz03

These are the eight bags I picked up off our lawn with the Lawn Mower over the last few days.Our neighbors finally cleaned theirs off and there is more on their lawn.They have 13 bags out.I don't know if this the way you get rid of yard waste in the United States but this is how we do it here.It has been done this way for the last 5 to 7 years before this it was clear plastic bags.

That is how we do it in Central MI other than burning them. Hubby and Dad put out 157 bags over the last two weeks because of all the trees in Mom and Dad's yard.

**lizbud** · 11-20-2007, 09:31 AM

Open burning in Indy is against the law, so we have to bag leaves for
pickup by the city. The city mulches them & gives out free mulch in the
spring. There is a limit on how many bags you can set out at one time.

**joycenalex** · 11-20-2007, 06:12 PM

i have 9 bags like yours sitting on the curb. and i'll bet there is at least 4 more bags of leaves in the trees still. i have a sweet gum and a maple, both are nearly 50 years old. there are many trees in our neighborhood, so the leaves blow all up and down the street, but we all enjoy the shade, but only the dogs and kids seem to enjoy the leaf raking

**Pam** · 11-20-2007, 06:32 PM

We can use leaf bags here or wait for the curbside pick-up with a huge machine that sucks them up. The only problem is that it comes only once a month and if you put your leaves to the curb and need that space to park there is no room for the car!

My back yard backs up to woods. We get tons of leaves as we have 7 mature trees in the back yard and we get all of the leaves from the woods which blow into the yard as well. We load our leaves from the backyard into a wheelbarrow, after blowing them into a huge pile, and cart them off into the woods. It is still back breaking work but at least we don't have to bag them all and cart them off to the front of the house.

Barry do you use a leaf blower or do you rake?

**Karen** · 11-20-2007, 06:42 PM

I love our leaf-blower/leaf vac as it mulches as I vac up the leaves, so what would normally be 8 bags comes down to 2! Like Pam, our yard backs up to woods, and we have trees in our yeard and the neighbors as well, so we get plenty of leaves, and there are still plenty on the trees! Our autumn is a couple weeks behind normal this year, probably because we had drought in August-October.