On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:51:59 -0500, "Existential Angst"
wrote:

Awl --

You'd think so, the way homeowners/landscapers run around with leaf blowers
getting rid of every single last one of them.

Is eliminating leaves that important?
What would happen if people *didn't* blow every leaf off their property?

What I find strange is that people will blow leaves off of bare dirt --
seems to me you'd WANT leaves covering soil.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/46613.html says that shredding leaves and
covering the lawn with them is a good thing.
Basically anything you do with leaves except burn them is OK -- leaves
collected by landscapers eventually get composted by the municipality -- I
think.

Personally, I think my neighbors are just a little to fanatic with this leaf
blowing thing -- jmo.


I blow the leaves into the woods for many years. If you want good
dirt, there it is. With over 180 trees, I'd be up to my knees in
leaves and they are somehow getting tracked into the house.

"Existential Angst" wrote in message
...
Awl --

You'd think so, the way homeowners/landscapers run around with leaf
blowers getting rid of every single last one of them.

Is eliminating leaves that important?
What would happen if people *didn't* blow every leaf off their property?

What I find strange is that people will blow leaves off of bare dirt --
seems to me you'd WANT leaves covering soil.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/46613.html says that shredding leaves and
covering the lawn with them is a good thing.
Basically anything you do with leaves except burn them is OK -- leaves
collected by landscapers eventually get composted by the municipality -- I
think.

Personally, I think my neighbors are just a little to fanatic with this
leaf blowing thing -- jmo.
--
EA



At least half the population of the earth is interminably stupid. The
no-leaves obsession is absolute proof of this fact.

Charlie wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:51:59 -0500, "Existential Angst"
wrote:

Awl --

You'd think so, the way homeowners/landscapers run around with leaf blowers
getting rid of every single last one of them.

Is eliminating leaves that important?
What would happen if people *didn't* blow every leaf off their property?

What I find strange is that people will blow leaves off of bare dirt --
seems to me you'd WANT leaves covering soil.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/46613.html says that shredding leaves and
covering the lawn with them is a good thing.
Basically anything you do with leaves except burn them is OK -- leaves
collected by landscapers eventually get composted by the municipality -- I
think.

Personally, I think my neighbors are just a little to fanatic with this leaf
blowing thing -- jmo.

I agree with you...but.....the neighbors sure save me a lot of work.

All the leaves on our lawn are mowed/mulched right wehre they fall, no
raking required.

I simply drive about town and collect bags full of leaves from the
curb, for the compost pile and garden. I let somebody else do the
work of raking and bagging. I also stack many bags of dry leaves and
have them for use next spring/summer.

Charlie, who hates the sound of leaf blowers

I hate it too. I find this thread rather encouraging. Neighbors
tend to get ticked off when one does not buy into leafless
monoculture lawns.

--
Jean B.

Phisherman wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:51:59 -0500, "Existential Angst"
wrote:

Awl --

You'd think so, the way homeowners/landscapers run around with leaf blowers
getting rid of every single last one of them.

Is eliminating leaves that important?
What would happen if people *didn't* blow every leaf off their property?

What I find strange is that people will blow leaves off of bare dirt --
seems to me you'd WANT leaves covering soil.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/46613.html says that shredding leaves and
covering the lawn with them is a good thing.
Basically anything you do with leaves except burn them is OK -- leaves
collected by landscapers eventually get composted by the municipality -- I
think.

Personally, I think my neighbors are just a little to fanatic with this leaf
blowing thing -- jmo.


I blow the leaves into the woods for many years. If you want good
dirt, there it is. With over 180 trees, I'd be up to my knees in
leaves and they are somehow getting tracked into the house.

My neighbor does that--heaps of leaves, and the trees in that area
have been dying. I think there is a difference between a natural
or almost natural amount of leaves (etc.) under trees and a huge
heap of them.

--
Jean B.