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Well, in my city there are few of these, but lots of low-paid workers removing leaves with rakes -- collecting them in piles, then in plastic bags, and finally
by culebron21 3y ago
Well, in my city there are few of these, but lots of low-paid workers removing leaves with rakes -- collecting them in piles, then in plastic bags, and finally into trucks, to the landfill I suppose.
The bigger problem is fighting with the fallen leaves. Leaves attract earthworms that actually process them and fertilize soil. Without them, soil is getting empty.
But still, in many cities go this vicious circle of making a lot of landscape care work that destroys it and needs a lot more work: agressively cut the grass + remove leaves -> poor soil -> bare ground without grass -> mud after rains washed on sidewalks & roads + need to bring fertile earth and seed the grass again.
- pnw 3y agoMy gardener has been creating a leaf bank in our yard, where they don’t remove all the leaves and instead let them build up in select areas. It’s amazing the difference in wildlife, we’ve seen a continuous stream of critters that we never saw when everything was blown clean. I quite like the aesthetic as well.
- beej71 3y agoYeah, I could never figure that out. The tree spend a lot of energy extracting nutrients from the soil, and then I'm just supposed to take the result and throw it away? Seems like it would stretch a lot longer if I didn't.