Yesterday, my husband and I finally finished getting rid of the brush pile we created a couple of weeks ago. We took down a diseased mature maple in our yard and have been working on the brush pile since. We cut up the larger pieces of wood and stacked them for firewood to be used in our firepit. We then had this huge leftover brush pile. We live within the city limits so burning it was out of the question. It was way too much for our composting area. We looked into renting a wood chipper for the day but it was too expensive. Finally, we risigned ourselves to having to get rid of it by hand.
In Lexington, the city will pick it up and take it to make mulch out of it. The problem is they have to be bundled in four foot long bundles and tied. This seemed like an overwhelming job at first. Then, my husband got a great idea. He took some scrap lumber he had laying around and made a base about 3 feet wide with 4 boards sticking up about 2 feet apart and about 3 feet high. We then put twine down on the ground, piled brush up between the boards, tied it and hauled it to the curb. 24 bundles and 3 Lenny (what they call our lawn waste can here) loads later the brush is finally gone. It felt so good to take the last bundle to the curve last night.
I am glad that our city offers lawn waste removal and then they compost or mulch it. We do not use this service often because we have a large compost area in our yard. It feels good to finally have this big project almost completed.
In Lexington, the city will pick it up and take it to make mulch out of it. The problem is they have to be bundled in four foot long bundles and tied. This seemed like an overwhelming job at first. Then, my husband got a great idea. He took some scrap lumber he had laying around and made a base about 3 feet wide with 4 boards sticking up about 2 feet apart and about 3 feet high. We then put twine down on the ground, piled brush up between the boards, tied it and hauled it to the curb. 24 bundles and 3 Lenny (what they call our lawn waste can here) loads later the brush is finally gone. It felt so good to take the last bundle to the curve last night.
I am glad that our city offers lawn waste removal and then they compost or mulch it. We do not use this service often because we have a large compost area in our yard. It feels good to finally have this big project almost completed.
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