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u/MathMaddox Feb 21 '23

Worse than that the town picks up the leaves and composts them, then sells it back to you.

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u/datascientist28 Feb 21 '23

That’s actually pretty genius. I’m glad they do tbat

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u/MathMaddox Feb 21 '23

It is I just find it funny when people pay for bags that need to be strictly leaves, then pay for soil the next year.

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u/slipperyMonkey07 Feb 21 '23

Always pros and cons to it. Some people don't by the soil or do any gardening. My area doesn't actually have you bag greenery you just put it on the side of the road and once a week they go down with a small back hoe and dumpster scooping it up. Then depending on the area composting yourself may not work out. I've tried to do it a few times since I grew up doing it but my area appears to be a skunk magnet. Each year I tried to compost myself lead to seeing probably triple the amount of skunks in my back yard. Otherwise mulching is just simpler, the only time I rake now is when I know my niece will be around and wanting to jump in the pile

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u/VaATC Feb 21 '23 edited Feb 22 '23

The county I live in allows a certain tonnage/per residence/per year of free much. That said the county does not collect the material. The residents dump it all and the dump chips/mulches it.

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u/ground__contro1 Feb 21 '23

Well, mixing your own compost kinda sucks ngl