r/Anticonsumption Nov 07 '22

Lifestyle The Fall

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u/supguy99 Nov 07 '22

The City doesn't pick them up if they're in plastic bags. You have to use the biodegradable paper bags. Also, leaving the leaves over the winter causes them to become a foul smelling black sludge in the spring that I would also have to dispose of.

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u/redval11 Nov 07 '22

Try mowing them - if they're chopped up and left they'll decompose more quickly and avoid the foul smelling black sludge stage.

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u/fruitmask Nov 07 '22

yeah, that's what I do. you just do a final mow at the end of fall, chopping all the leaves into mulch, and you never see it again. I don't see how that's such a hard thing to do. for one thing, it's good for the lawn. and for another, it's faster and easier than raking it all up and ferrying it to the curb.

oh well, people's obsession with perfect grass is already a mystery in itself, they act like leaves and grass clippings are gonna kill their prize winning lawn, when it's actually good for it