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How do you despose of them?
For those of you who get them in your yard each fall. (Or choice 5 for the ones without them.)
Burn them
 
9.4% of users, 3 votes (11.1%)
Rake them into the woods
 
15.6% of users, 5 votes (18.5%)
Blow them away
 
3.1% of users, 1 vote (3.7%)
Leave them there
 
25.0% of users, 8 votes (29.6%)
Don't have them
 
25.0% of users, 8 votes (29.6%)
...Other?
 
21.9% of users, 7 votes (25.9%)
Multi-voting is enabled. 27 users have voted.

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Posted on 12-01-09 10:25:56 PM Link | Quote
I blow them into the woods, rake them into the woods, and sometimes burn them. It gets a little tiring to keep doing it every year, and last year burning them killed a snake, 3 or more tiny baby turtles, and countless snails and insects. All on accident. So now I do it later in the year to give animals time to move.

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Posted on 12-01-09 11:09:14 PM Link | Quote
I live in a high-rise, so leaves aren't my problem.

My parents live in a house, and they rake them and put them in bags for the trash people to take away, AFAIK.

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Posted on 12-01-09 11:10:46 PM Link | Quote
there is a somewhat distressing lack of "rake and dump into trash can and dispose of like they were any other garbage" in this thread

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Posted on 12-01-09 11:21:27 PM (last edited by Delpolo at 12-01-09 08:27 PM) Link | Quote
Funny, the first thing I thought of when reading this thread was my current Science teacher, who (for the environment) apparently picks up the leaves of all his neighbors, dumps them on his lawn and mows them (along with the grass). It's apparently good for the grass, but still.

In any case, I can't answer myself because my parents still do it, but they choose the "Xkeeper option".

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Posted on 12-01-09 11:37:51 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Delpolo
Funny, the first thing I thought of when reading this thread was my current Science teacher, who (for the environment) apparently picks up the leaves of all his neighbors, dumps them on his lawn and mows them (along with the grass). It's apparently good for the grass, but still.

A brighter idea would be to, you know... compost them, if you're going to derp derp about benefits.

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Posted on 12-01-09 11:50:32 PM Link | Quote
Well, he said that with all the leaf pieces left there, it'll pretty much be composted by the end of winter and that because of that, the grass is always greener on his yard.

But yeah, he does composting too.

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Posted on 12-02-09 12:22:50 AM Link | Quote
When I was younger I would rake the leaves and play with my dog with them. For some reason he loved chasing leaves.


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Posted on 12-02-09 05:34:08 AM Link | Quote
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We don't really have a yard, so we just leave them "there". Which is just a small chunk of brick walkway.

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Posted on 12-02-09 06:33:56 AM Link | Quote

BURN THEM!

I love burning leaves up. Not to mention clean up my woods and putting the leaves on top of the burn pile.

...I'm not a pyromaniac

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Posted on 12-02-09 03:24:57 PM Link | Quote
I don't really care about leaves.

Also, I don't have the blower to blow them up, wouldn't burn them for the reasons exposed by Bob-omb8194, and am too lazy to rake them, so... they stay where they are.
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Posted on 12-02-09 04:16:42 PM Link | Quote
I don't even bother with them. When they fall off in the winter, the wind will just blow them where ever it wants to. Come Spring time, they will all get munched up by the lawn mower.

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Posted on 12-02-09 08:23:43 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Terra
I live in a high-rise, so leaves aren't my problem.

My parents live in a house, and they rake them and put them in bags for the trash people to take away, AFAIK.


That's my house, pretty much. Though since we had our two trees out front cut down and replaced with a small tree, we've had much less raking to do since most of the leaves from our pear tree out back gets turned to mulch for the garden.

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Posted on 12-03-09 12:55:57 PM Link | Quote
We pretty much just leave them there. My mother loves to exaggerate and say any bit of leaves/taller grass looks absolutely awful... though I blame that partly on my township's utterly shitty government.

They end up spread out anyway, regardless...

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Posted on 12-04-09 05:25:57 AM Link | Quote
They... kinda blow away over here.

Especially on days like today where the wind is fierce and leaves fly right into you.

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Posted on 12-04-09 12:30:04 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Xkeeper
there is a somewhat distressing lack of "rake and dump into trash can and dispose of like they were any other garbage" in this thread

This.

Leaves usually find their way to the driveway, in which then I have to clean them up. The yard is composed of brick tile and rocks, though, so leaves generally aren't too prominent.

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Posted on 12-13-09 02:32:50 AM Link | Quote
We compost some, and leave the rest on the lawn to decompose there. The owner of the property would prefer that we bag them all up and dump them in the little ravine next to the property, but I see that as a waste of time, effort, and nutrients, especially since she also wants to fertilize the grass with chemical stuff later.

I've actually never burned leaves. Burning pine needles is neat, though, so maybe I should try it. heh. Then again, burning things outside is kind of illegal around here, so maybe not..

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Posted on 12-13-09 01:26:01 PM Link | Quote
Make a big pile and jump in them! Woo!
Then go dupm them on the local compost heap.
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Posted on 12-13-09 01:54:04 PM Link | Quote
Instead of leaves, had to deal with palm fronds yesterday.

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