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What to do with all the leaves?
On 11/26/2014 7:42 PM, Gus Overton wrote:
In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? They make wonderful mulch to protect delicate plants in winter and to keep weeds down in shrub/flower beds. They are especially good mulch for acid-loving shrubs like azalea and rhododendron. I pile then into my flower beds in fall, just as flowers have been hit by frost and no longer showing live foliage....leaving them piled around the more delicate perennials helps prevent winter damage and when the leaves become wet and pack down, they do a great job of stopping weed growth in spring. By summer, they pretty much break down into nourishment for the plants....or turn them onto a compost pile to build good dirt. |
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What to do with all the leaves?
Peter Jason wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. |
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What to do with all the leaves?
On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:47:33 -0800, "Bob F"
wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. In the County where I live burning leaves is illegal, and carries a very stiff fine; $15,000.00 Can't burn trash, treated scrap lumber and many other combustables... won't be long all wood stoves will be banned. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/58519.html |
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What to do with all the leaves?
On 11/30/2014 1:24 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:47:33 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. In the County where I live burning leaves is illegal, and carries a very stiff fine; $15,000.00 Can't burn trash, treated scrap lumber and many other combustables... won't be long all wood stoves will be banned. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/58519.html I live in a small Iowa village and it is perfectly legal to burn your leaves. In fact, we attempted to burn leaves yesterday but they were still a bit wet so most of them did not burn. My neighbor just put in a high dollar outdoor wood stove that is a hot water system to heat his home and his shop. He only needs to put additional wood in it every 4 to 5 days. It also has a 500 gallon water tank above the fire pit and two pumps that circulate the water to the house and/or shop when called by one or both of the thermostats. It is a pretty high tech outfit but on the downside it cost $8,000 plus. :-( |
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What to do with all the leaves?
Once upon a time on usenet IGot2P wrote:
On 11/30/2014 1:24 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:47:33 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. In the County where I live burning leaves is illegal, and carries a very stiff fine; $15,000.00 Can't burn trash, treated scrap lumber and many other combustables... won't be long all wood stoves will be banned. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/58519.html I live in a small Iowa village and it is perfectly legal to burn your leaves. In fact, we attempted to burn leaves yesterday but they were still a bit wet so most of them did not burn. My neighbor just put in a high dollar outdoor wood stove that is a hot water system to heat his home and his shop. He only needs to put additional wood in it every 4 to 5 days. It also has a 500 gallon water tank above the fire pit and two pumps that circulate the water to the house and/or shop when called by one or both of the thermostats. It is a pretty high tech outfit but on the downside it cost $8,000 plus. :-( IMO it would have made a lot more sense to have used that amount of money to install efficient heat pump based heating (which could also act as AC if needed). -- Shaun. "Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) |
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it just so happened the other day some friends brought
by some of the leaves they've raked from their yard. i had cardboard and stuff to put down first to smother some weeds and then topped the area with the leaves. by next fall it will probably start to be colonized by strawberry plants. the whole area is full of plants i don't want to keep taking over so this is a good use of both cardboard and leaves. we'll be trying out some other material to use as a root/stolon barrier for the weeds/grasses which keep coming in from the drainage ditch (including horsetail). each year i keep saying i don't want to spend much time back there because of how it is so poorly situated it just begs for making more work. so instead of feeding the time sink i want to work on other stuff which is further in from the borders and can be more easily defended and doesn't take that much time to do. once we get a proper root/stolon barrier down then i don't mind taking care of a garden because it becomes so much easier. and if it is mulched that is even better. songbird |
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What to do with all the leaves?
~misfit~ wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet IGot2P wrote: On 11/30/2014 1:24 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:47:33 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. In the County where I live burning leaves is illegal, and carries a very stiff fine; $15,000.00 Can't burn trash, treated scrap lumber and many other combustables... won't be long all wood stoves will be banned. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/58519.html I live in a small Iowa village and it is perfectly legal to burn your leaves. In fact, we attempted to burn leaves yesterday but they were still a bit wet so most of them did not burn. My neighbor just put in a high dollar outdoor wood stove that is a hot water system to heat his home and his shop. He only needs to put additional wood in it every 4 to 5 days. It also has a 500 gallon water tank above the fire pit and two pumps that circulate the water to the house and/or shop when called by one or both of the thermostats. It is a pretty high tech outfit but on the downside it cost $8,000 plus. :-( IMO it would have made a lot more sense to have used that amount of money to install efficient heat pump based heating (which could also act as AC if needed). I think that would depend on his wood source and electrical costs. |
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What to do with all the leaves?
Once upon a time on usenet Bob F wrote:
~misfit~ wrote: Once upon a time on usenet IGot2P wrote: On 11/30/2014 1:24 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:47:33 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. In the County where I live burning leaves is illegal, and carries a very stiff fine; $15,000.00 Can't burn trash, treated scrap lumber and many other combustables... won't be long all wood stoves will be banned. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/58519.html I live in a small Iowa village and it is perfectly legal to burn your leaves. In fact, we attempted to burn leaves yesterday but they were still a bit wet so most of them did not burn. My neighbor just put in a high dollar outdoor wood stove that is a hot water system to heat his home and his shop. He only needs to put additional wood in it every 4 to 5 days. It also has a 500 gallon water tank above the fire pit and two pumps that circulate the water to the house and/or shop when called by one or both of the thermostats. It is a pretty high tech outfit but on the downside it cost $8,000 plus. :-( IMO it would have made a lot more sense to have used that amount of money to install efficient heat pump based heating (which could also act as AC if needed). I think that would depend on his wood source and electrical costs. Indeed. I think that we can assume that electricity will always be available..... -- Shaun. "Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) |
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What to do with all the leaves?
On 12/8/2014 12:11 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet Bob F wrote: ~misfit~ wrote: Once upon a time on usenet IGot2P wrote: On 11/30/2014 1:24 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:47:33 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. In the County where I live burning leaves is illegal, and carries a very stiff fine; $15,000.00 Can't burn trash, treated scrap lumber and many other combustables... won't be long all wood stoves will be banned. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/58519.html I live in a small Iowa village and it is perfectly legal to burn your leaves. In fact, we attempted to burn leaves yesterday but they were still a bit wet so most of them did not burn. My neighbor just put in a high dollar outdoor wood stove that is a hot water system to heat his home and his shop. He only needs to put additional wood in it every 4 to 5 days. It also has a 500 gallon water tank above the fire pit and two pumps that circulate the water to the house and/or shop when called by one or both of the thermostats. It is a pretty high tech outfit but on the downside it cost $8,000 plus. :-( IMO it would have made a lot more sense to have used that amount of money to install efficient heat pump based heating (which could also act as AC if needed). I think that would depend on his wood source and electrical costs. Indeed. I think that we can assume that electricity will always be available..... Electricity is not always available. Where I live, Southern California Edison can fail at any time of the year. We do not get snow, so that is not a cause of failure. While high air conditioning usage might cause a failure in the summer, it does not explain failures in the winter since most homes here have natural gas for heat. I think the main cause of failure might be a lack of preventive maintenance by SoCalEd on its distribution system. Thankfully, we have mild winters and -- for the summer -- lots of shade trees. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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What to do with all the leaves?
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 5:28:18 PM UTC-8, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Gus Overton wrote: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Compost them. Any large container will do, or make a heap, perhaps cover initially if they tend to blow around. Some dampness will speed the process. -- David - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A better world requires a daily struggle against those who would mislead us. David is much more virtuous than I leaves. (We garden on opposite sides of the same mountain in So Calif, but different micro-climates.) I don't have many deciduous trees, so am not bothered much by shedding and don't have enough leaves to bother composting like I used to do -- kitchen scraps and all. Now I turn it all over to the City, which rewards us with quarterly compost giveaways. The cosmetic aspect is what bugs me, frivolous though it may be. I don't like my careful garden plots cluttered with yellowing leaf litter. Tired of raking, I cover mess with small-bore mulch. And repeat. How high will this plateau eventually rise? Stay tuned G HB we garden on two sides of the same mountain in So. Cal. but different micro-climates.) |
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Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 5:28:18 PM UTC-8, David Hare-Scott wrote: Gus Overton wrote: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Compost them. Any large container will do, or make a heap, perhaps cover initially if they tend to blow around. Some dampness will speed the process. -- David - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A better world requires a daily struggle against those who would mislead us. David is much more virtuous than I We have known that for ages. leaves. (We garden on opposite sides of the same mountain in So Calif, but different micro-climates.) I don't have many deciduous trees, so am not bothered much by shedding and don't have enough leaves to bother composting like I used to do -- kitchen scraps and all. Now I turn it all over to the City, which rewards us with quarterly compost giveaways. I reckon it is my organic matter and I see no reason to give it away to the authorities. The cosmetic aspect is what bugs me, frivolous though it may be. I don't like my careful garden plots cluttered with yellowing leaf litter. Compost first and this will not be a problem. Tired of raking, I cover mess with small-bore mulch. And repeat. How high will this plateau eventually rise? Stay tuned G HB we garden on two sides of the same mountain in So. Cal. but different micro-climates.) Not this David, we are a continent apart. -- David - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A better world requires a daily struggle against those who would mislead us. |
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On 12/9/2014 1:10 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote [in part]:
Hypatia Nachshon wrote [also in part]: we garden on two sides of the same mountain in So. Cal. but different micro-climates.) Not this David, we are a continent apart. Hypatia has confused you with me. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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What to do with all the leaves?
Once upon a time on usenet David E. Ross wrote:
On 12/8/2014 12:11 AM, ~misfit~ wrote: Once upon a time on usenet Bob F wrote: ~misfit~ wrote: Once upon a time on usenet IGot2P wrote: On 11/30/2014 1:24 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:47:33 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:42:00 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Gus Overton writes: In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some. There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them? Nope, way too much work. My leaf pile is as big as a van. It's behind some bushes. Takes one to 2 years to turn back into dirt. Not if you set fire to the pile. There are good reasons that is now illegal many places. In the County where I live burning leaves is illegal, and carries a very stiff fine; $15,000.00 Can't burn trash, treated scrap lumber and many other combustables... won't be long all wood stoves will be banned. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/58519.html I live in a small Iowa village and it is perfectly legal to burn your leaves. In fact, we attempted to burn leaves yesterday but they were still a bit wet so most of them did not burn. My neighbor just put in a high dollar outdoor wood stove that is a hot water system to heat his home and his shop. He only needs to put additional wood in it every 4 to 5 days. It also has a 500 gallon water tank above the fire pit and two pumps that circulate the water to the house and/or shop when called by one or both of the thermostats. It is a pretty high tech outfit but on the downside it cost $8,000 plus. :-( IMO it would have made a lot more sense to have used that amount of money to install efficient heat pump based heating (which could also act as AC if needed). I think that would depend on his wood source and electrical costs. Indeed. I think that we can assume that electricity will always be available..... Electricity is not always available. Where I live, Southern California Edison can fail at any time of the year. We do not get snow, so that is not a cause of failure. While high air conditioning usage might cause a failure in the summer, it does not explain failures in the winter since most homes here have natural gas for heat. I think the main cause of failure might be a lack of preventive maintenance by SoCalEd on its distribution system. Thankfully, we have mild winters and -- for the summer -- lots of shade trees. Ahh. OK. I live in a civilised country and the electricity is supplied 99.999% of the time. Mea culpa. I guess that's what you get when you assume that everyone else on usenet is in the same country as you cough. -- Shaun. "Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) |
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David E. Ross wrote:
On 12/9/2014 1:10 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote [in part]: Hypatia Nachshon wrote [also in part]: we garden on two sides of the same mountain in So. Cal. but different micro-climates.) Not this David, we are a continent apart. Hypatia has confused you with me. Apparently nominative determinism isn't working for her then. -- David - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A better world requires a daily struggle against those who would mislead us. |
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On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 3:50:27 PM UTC-8, David E. Ross wrote:
On 12/9/2014 1:10 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote [in part]: Hypatia Nachshon wrote [also in part]: we garden on two sides of the same mountain in So. Cal. but different micro-climates.) Not this David, we are a continent apart. Hypatia has confused you with me. No I haven't!! It should have been quite clear that gardening in So. Cal. is NOT gardening in OZ. Besides David Ross is always a perfect gentleman. HB -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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