Kill My Grass

[big rockpile]

Thinking instead of Raking my Leaves,just let them kill my Grass.Figure its easier to turn back Fire in Leaves instead of Grass.

I am cleaning back away from my Buildings.

What you Guys think?

big rockpile

[poorboy]

Lazy Liberal

[omnicat]

Well....I was actually going to do just that - at least under my mature, but Chlorotic, White Oak. Eventually put a few shade/small forest plant - type things...

[big rockpile]

Originally Posted by poorboy

Lazy Liberal

Hey the Wife went and bought a New Rake just looking over the situation

big rockpile

[poorboy]

Helpful wimmins..LOL:-)

[Thoughthound]

Let the grass die and reseed with miniature clover. Reduces the amount of mowing.

[doohap]

I, for one, don't rake the leaves in my yard. I leave them all winter. Come spring I rake and while all my neighbors yards look dead and brown, my yard has the most beautiful spring-green grass!

Leave them lay, I say.

Peace and smiles,
doohap

[Danaus29]

Old dried leaves will burn quicker than you think. When the forest fire fighters make a firebreak they clear the area of all dried vegetation. One of our neighbors nearly burned his house down by neglecting a pile of burning leaves. He hadn't raked the area around the fire and it spread under the leaves left on the ground.

[Maura]

Having had oaks and maples, I found the best thing to do (unless you have kids who want to play in a pile leaves) is to run the mower over them. This breaks them up sufficiently to break down quickly. They don't lie on top of the grass, but fall down into it. In the spring, you've got grass coming up nice and green with no old wet leaves.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

at the place i used to work we blew them into long piles and lit them up from one end and let them burn the grass comes back in the spring

now i live in town and there is no burning they pick up at curb and compost them but mostly i mow into piles this reduces the volume and gets them ento piles with minimal effort then i have a tarp that i lay out next to the pile rake them on then drag them into the garden and roto till them in and save a pile in the garden for mulching potatoes in the spring potatoes grow great in a thick leaf mulch the tarp is the most efficient way of moving leaves i have found

composting is better than burning no smoke and nice dirt

[roughingit]

I like to leave them be and compost the neighbors instead. They make great compost and mulch. I do like the clover idea though, I'm not much for grass.

[bill not in oh]

Dutch (white) clover. Grows to about 3", is somewhat shade tolerant and once established will tolerate drought. I grew this with some success in my yard in a New Mexico pine forest. The soil was a bit too acidic, but once I limed it a little, it was much better.