Friday, December 5, 2025

It Must Be Autumn

 

A common sight here in autumn is bags of leaves piled up outside of homes for the city to pick up. The city collects them every second week and composts them over the winter before distributing the compost during enviro events in the spring. The more large trees near your yard, the more bags you need like this place. 

16 comments:

Tom said...

...such a common sight.

William Kendall said...

I don't seem to have noticed them this year.

Taken For Granted said...

Our town used to require paper bags for leaf collection, but no more. They now provide wheelie bins for yard waste, and the contents are composted. The compost is free to the public.

Stefan Jansson said...

Not a system I am familiar with.

Jenn Jilks said...

It's tougher in the city! Ours mostly blow away!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Good that they're being recycled!

eileeninmd said...

Ours blow around constantly, living next to the forest.
Take care, have a happy weekend.

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

That's a good system.

Sharon said...

Wow, that's a lot of bags and there are still leaves on the ground that I can see in the background.

Iris Flavia said...

Wow. That´s a lot RedPat! Actually.... here they have those noisy blowers and I never saw what the next step is!

Anvilcloud said...

Our town picks up 2 weeks in both spring and fall, but we have access to the waste yard spring though fall. Our 2 weeks are well over.

Bill said...

I've never seen leaves picked up and bagged like that. It's a good system if people embrace it and they obviously do.

Andrew said...

Excellent idea. Most of ours get sucked up into street sweepers. Although it caused terrible air pollution, I miss the days of burning leaves in gutters, often sitting there smouldering away for an eternity.

Laura. M said...

Gran idea. Aquí no se recogen. Las barren los empleados municipales..
Buen noviembre Pat.
Un abrazo.

roentare said...

Those piled bags become a small seasonal ritual, a reminder that even autumn’s castoffs return as nourishment when the cycle turns to spring.

21 Wits said...

It sure is!