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Originally Posted by 784caroline
I agree Mulching is the best BUT REMEMBER...you need to cut your lawn probably every 7 days. You cannot let it get overgrown or that will result in big time tatch which is another problem. You also have to have the right blade (Mulching) on your individual lawn mower...not all blades are created equal !!!
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we leave our lawns in TVand the six acres in Md as long as the law allows , maybe around three to six inches in Md, sometimes going to 8 or 10
In TV 'that' growth the authorities like to max us out at about 4 or 5.
And we have not been slaves to bagging clippings for over 20 years
If you can handle it and are sure 'they' will compost it, fine, but it certainly does not belong in plastic bags in landfill there isn't much that 'belongs' in landfill
In fact, 'there is no away'
Check this out
http://www.astc.org/exhibitions/rotten/away.htm
Read and weep
L and L