How To Remove Sticks From Yard

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03-31-2017, 12:38 PM

Location: East of Seattle since 1992, originally from SF Bay Surface area 40,431 posts, read 72,226,397 times Reputation: 49653

We have that happen several times a yr. With weekly m waste pickup some of can be cut up and put in the bin, nut with a powerful mulching riding mower, anything small-scale becomes nutrients for the grass. There is no chute, it drops out under the deck. Some of it, like 3/4" branches can be hard on the blade, but I can remove/acuminate/reinstall it in less than an hour. Eventually, when needed a new blade is only $30. It will likewise pick up and grind from the driveway and dirt areas, so all that's left to rake is bark or gravel spots, but I merely motion it onto the grass.

03-31-2017, 06:14 PM

aquietpath Location: Dallas 6,613 posts, read half-dozen,393,549 times Reputation: 20236

I accept four large and old pecan trees in my g that are constantly shedding branches, especially after windy thunderstorms. I utilize one of these grabbers to pick them up and toss them onto a tarp, which I then elevate to the street for pickup. Much better than bending and picking them upwardly individually. Easy and cheap. https://wiki.ezvid.com/all-time-reacher-...DWpxoCeGXw_wcB

04-02-2017, 06:15 PM

lottamoxie 14,036 posts, read 12,789,099 times Reputation: 22380

Wouldn't it be cheaper to hire someone to come up out 3 or 4 times a year with their big expensive mulcher and practise your .five acre yard for you? That's what I'd do instead of investing all the $$$ in the equipment.

04-03-2017, 07:35 AM

luv4horses Location: NC eight,862 posts, read 12,332,499 times Reputation: 19417

Use a blower to button the lilliputian twigs and leaves and pino cones into an easier to remove pile. Or blow them into the woods or a designated corner of your one thousand. You can use a backpack blower if you are strong, or a push blower/sidewalk cleaner if you can afford ane.

04-03-2017, 07:38 AM

Location: Coastal Georgia 46,290 posts, read 57,703,315 times Reputation: 83986

We have a used riding mower with a mulcher. I think we paid $300. Watch Craigslist, or your local mower shop might sell used ones. Twigs and branches are picked up by our waste removal company, once a month or so, in piles of 4' long or less, otherwise paper numberless total of yard waste is picked up in one case a calendar week. If you have room for a fire pit in your one thousand, yous could dispose of some of information technology that way.

04-05-2017, 03:56 PM

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Braunwyn: Many backyard mowers are mulch-enabled. Basically it ways a "cap" covers the discharge chute, and at that place is no bagger or other "outlet" for the stuff to go, then it gets cut/shredded over and over into tiny bits for you. Fifty-fifty though you paid $300, you lot tin go a mulcher mower for $100, push style. Price has nothing to do with mulching capabilities. Also, consult a tree surgeon, he can cut out parts that are probable dead/dying that will shed branches easily. Yous can still take branches downwardly in a storm or high wind, but it may cut downwards the shedding. All-time of luck,,,We have ten trees in our dorsum 1000 and merely take .23 acres. We are having them trimmed and mabey in a couple of years nosotros volition have them out, I want dwarf fruit trees instead. All those leaves and branches are a nuisance to our neighbors as well! Best of luck "trimming" your trouble! {pun intended}

04-06-2017, 10:47 AM

Location: Near the Coast SWCT eighty,288 posts, read 68,336,459 times Reputation: 15465

Even though this thread is from 2010 I estimate we can still give ideas. This is what I do with my sticks... And then this... I don't use oil, Nat Gas, Electric for heat.

04-06-2017, xi:47 AM

Ghengis Location: Bel Air, California 23,783 posts, read 27,207,753 times Reputation: 37301

this is what I do with my sticks...

04-06-2017, 07:32 PM

TreeZoo 311 posts, read 393,874 times Reputation: 627

Ghengis, I think your "sticks" have graduated into "logs" and I would not recommend trying to run them over with a mulchng mower. If the sticks are pocket-size, you can run them over with your mower. In the "mulching configuration" you don't use a purse. The only reason I would always use a bag is to collect cuttings I wanted to use as mulch some place else. When you chop up your lawn litter, (sticks, leaves, cones etc) you lot are returning essential nutrients back into the soil. The only thing to put at the curb for pick upwards are large branches (Similar Ghengis'), or something thorny you don't want sticking you lot in your bare anxiety or when used every bit mulch, or anything diseased. Either start a compost pile or compost in place with your mulching mower.

04-06-2017, 07:52 PM

Eldemila Location: Somewhere, out there in Zone7B v,014 posts, read 7,626,837 times Reputation: 4648

Mow over them, if you alive where the soil sucks, similar mine (clay) your one thousand will thank y'all. I'grand in the same position, as shortly every bit I raked upwardly a bunch of leaves, and sugariness gum assurance, nosotros had a lot of wind and the balls are all over the identify and many of the leaves I raked in a pile are back where they were. It's terrible when the sweet gums end up in my beds with mulch, I can't rake those and volition accept to use a blower. I put a lot of the leaves in an surface area where I'k trying to build upward some of the soil where it is lower than some other areas, so basically, it's a big mulch pile. The leaves are breaking downward, and somewhen, I'll accept some not bad soil in that surface area to plant more plants BTW, I have a three/4 acre lot - I experience your pain and totally empathise!

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