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minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·5 days agoWhy do you do it? All the critters would thank you if you didn’t.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoI only clean the ones in the street so they don’t clog the storm drain.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 days agoDried leaves composted for a year make an excellent homemade potting soil.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoWell then they belong on the goddamn lawn, where they would nicely decay over the winter.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoSure, if you want to get rid of the lawn and plant a garden. Otherwise, leaving the lawn buried under a foot of leaves tends to kill the grass.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoDidn’t know grass can’t grow in a forest. Oh wait, it does actually grow like crazy with all the fertilizer from dead tree matter. Idk what kind of weak-ass grass you got, grow normal grass instead. And stop mowing it obsessively like a psycho.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoActually I’ve been replacing most of my grass with wildflower meadows and gardens. I don’t care for grass at all. I don’t get enough leaves to bother composting them, but if I did I would use them to make potting soil, not leave them on the ground.
Why do you do it? All the critters would thank you if you didn’t.
I only clean the ones in the street so they don’t clog the storm drain.
Dried leaves composted for a year make an excellent homemade potting soil.
Well then they belong on the goddamn lawn, where they would nicely decay over the winter.
Sure, if you want to get rid of the lawn and plant a garden. Otherwise, leaving the lawn buried under a foot of leaves tends to kill the grass.
Didn’t know grass can’t grow in a forest. Oh wait, it does actually grow like crazy with all the fertilizer from dead tree matter.
Idk what kind of weak-ass grass you got, grow normal grass instead. And stop mowing it obsessively like a psycho.
Actually I’ve been replacing most of my grass with wildflower meadows and gardens. I don’t care for grass at all.
I don’t get enough leaves to bother composting them, but if I did I would use them to make potting soil, not leave them on the ground.