Green Waste

[Mad Old Cow]

what do you all do with your grass clippings & cut off's?
I put the grass cuttings on the garden & spread around but can't do that with the plant cut off's, i was talking to a friend about it & i just feel bad putting them in the garbage but i don't want to make a bloody compost heap because our yards small & they can get a bit smelly :hehe:

[mummyof3babes]

Wheelie bin. We have 3 wheelie bins here, one for garbage, one for recycling and one for greens.

It was strange coming from QLD with 1 bin with a divider in it for recycling, and now having 3! The only problem is, the garbage one is smaller than the other two, and I have more garbage than recycling and greens, but I work it out. I guess they do it like that so people will actually recycle instead of putting everything in the garbage bin.:yes:

[miss kiki]

we throw it out..

[Luv Angel Musik Babee]

I have a garden bag, it gets emptied once a month in summer and every 6 weeks in winter. I pay for it myself, its great love it now

[Patricia]

Di you can buy plastic composters ..from hardware stores like Bunnings ..even tumbler ones which have a handle that you just turn to keep it all moving about. That way you don't get the smell of your regular compost heap.

[Stormy]

We have a compost heap for organic waste (vegetable peelings etc) and a garden bag on a stand for the lawn clippings. If the branches from the trees are good and sturdy, I buff off the rough bits and pop them in the bird cage as perches. Then they go in the garden bag...it gets emptied once very 12 weeks I think so I don't have to worry about taking it to the tip :D

[Naomi]

Our council provides green waste bins that are emptied fortnightly. Our last council had green waste days where you could take your green waste to a set place and they'd collect from there. Alternatively you could take it straight to the rubbish depot, they have a green waste disposal area (but it does cost, depending on the weight of the load).

Have you asked your council what options they have for green waste?

[Alexa]

Central Coast also has the 3 bins system.

I would ring your council Di and see what they suggest?

[mel35]

We have 2 bins, 1 is for green waste gets emptied fortnightly, each household also has 6 rubbish collections per year which can either be a green pick up or just rubbish and can be booked for whenever you need it.

[Kekka]

I read somewhere that grass cuttings are fine to be left about in the lawn because the nutrients return to the soil (makes sense when you think about it). Merely cut the lawn without the catcher on the mower.

When my large tree drops its leaves they are placed in the garden beds to break down - becomes a natural mulch. (I prefer my cats to tread on that rather than wood chips - is safer IMO.) The thick layer of leaves breaks down over time, holds the water in and insulates the ground.

When I trim my tree I don't tip the branches. They sit in a pile on the back yard section of driveway to dry out a little (I leave them there for a few weeks). Once the leaves die I strip back the branches - leaves go onto garden and branches are trimmed and sorted into kindling, medium pieces, large pieces and stored appropriately in my wood shed (that is chockers almost). I had a wood fire installed 2 yrs ago and haven't used it yet because I haven't watched the instructional dvd!

Other trimmings from bushes, roses etc go in the green waste bin.

My recycle bin is often full. My small garbage bin has very little in it. It would have even less if I got around to buying a couple of compost bins!

[mel35]

I read somewhere that grass cuttings are fine to be left about in the lawn because the nutrients return to the soil (makes sense when you think about it). Merely cut the lawn without the catcher on the mower.

Makes lots of sense...unless you have kids.... I go insane if hubby leaves the catcher off, I end up with a house full of grass.

[Rachel]

We put our lawn clippings in the compost.. all our prunings generally get done just before a greenwaste verge side collection... We have about 3 a year (depending on each council) We pile up anything from rose bush prunings to small tree branches and a truck comes along and it is all put through a mulching machine and straight into the truck...

[Kekka]

Hi Mel35 - very valid point there.

When my lawn used to be trimmed twice a week (by clean freak ex) the trimmings were only a few millimetres long so they merely fell into the turf and disappeared and this wasn't an issue. He always left the turf relatively thick (i.e. not bald dirt as some do).

If you cut it less often, hence longer trimmings, yes that would be an issue with households with kiddies (and those with white carpet - is Cherie a white carpet chick? Don't know why I've made that assumption! :)).

[Mad Old Cow]

Yes Mel, you answered Kekka before i could lol dogs are almost as messy with grass left on the lawn to, i like the 3 bin idea, but i love the bags that kay & Ang are talking about we had those on Bribie & they were so good.

[Stormy]

If only they had a dirt bin man :hehe:

Unfortunately I can't put soil in my green bag to be disposed of and there is an awful lot accumulating in the back yard....considering the size of the hole is still quite small :brow:

[Mad Old Cow]

so Kay, your saying that you have a green waste bag? LMAO

[Stormy]

I certainly do Di :D