Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Raking It In

I promise a fairly boffo post by the weekend, provided I'm not knocked over the head with a steel pipe in the conservatory by Mrs. White.

Until then, I leave you with both the glory and pain-in-the-lower-back that is Spring, at least in our little wooded corner of Naperville.



One yard waste bag costs approximately 50 cents. Add to that $2.10 for just one yard waste sticker. Multiply that mess by 13 bags and I can tell you that tomorrow's contribution to the landfill will cost Naperville Now a whole LOT of money.

And that's just this week.

There has got to be a smarter way to get rid of all of this stuff without a) getting in trouble and b) being environmentally irresponsible.

Suggestions?

4 comments:

Carol said...

Compost pile.

Naperville Now said...

The size of Rhode Island.

BFL said...

Ah, yet another comparison to Little Rhody. Why doesn't anyone use Delaware? :-)

I share your post-yardwork pain. I keep saying I am getting too old for this, then I begin another transformation project. You'd think I'd learn.

As for the yardwaste, our subdivision has open space behind the houses. I dump back there and sooner or later it seems to break down into compost. Not pretty, but I am hoping to hide with a couple trellises this year.

Mike said...

Shred them up and pour or rake them into a pile or a bin, and those leaves will become fabulous rich, black compost—the backbone of any organic landscape. And shredded leaves alone make a superb natural mulch—preventing weeds, retaining soil moisture and encouraging earthworms to improve the soil underneath.