Let Fallen Leaves Do Their Job
- Image by jesuscm (on/off) via Flickr
What?
Save money and reduce waste by using leaves as a natural mulch or fertilizer.
How?
Stop bagging leaves for the trash man. Instead, after you rake the lawn, shred leaves with a shredder or lawn mower and use them as enriching, weed-thwarting mulch. Or let them compost.
Why?
Free mulch. Free fertilizer. Why pay to haul in mulch or buy organic fertilizer when you already have all the natural materials you need to make both?
Did You Know?
According to the EPA, 18% of all municipal solid waste is lawn waste.
Okay, But How Hard Is It?
As easy as looking at piles of leaves as a gift – not a curse.
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Change to fluorescent bulbs
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If every house in the US did this then we would save 18 million trees every year.
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