Stop Mowing Leaves

[@jammosu6498]

Mow and shred then put it in your garden. Large leaves can form bricks and not let air or water to the garden.

[@LezBob]

He was saying that himself in another of his videos.

[@wyominghome4857]

I agree. In Virginia, where I used to live, big maple leaves would kill the grass right down to the grown. You'd have a spot the exact shape of the leaf. In Wyoming, mowing is the only way to really get them up because of the wind. I mow then dump them on the garden.

[@douellette7960]

Yes that makes the most sense. Leaves that aren't chopped up also tend to blow away where you don't want them. When shredded they knit together and stay put

[@mattbowers3541]

I use the blower to collect them. Then put the big pile on the lawn & mow into the bag. Then into the compost bin. Thence, the garden. ( Super dry & windy N Nevada)

[@colty7764]

burning , then place the ashes around yard.. minerals in the ashes remain and help with soil health (bugs/organisms). The leaves can be placed in piles around the yard and slowly decomposes, and bugs will access the minerals and help with grass and tree health. Winter grasses and evergreen trees and bushes will help keep soil vital and healthy thru the winter.

[@blahdeblaaah9445]

I love this. You clearly love nature as much as I do. Thank you for encouraging us all to reconsider leaves as a tool rather than a nuisance.

[@Tridentor]

This year I stopped raking / bagging leaves because I need that material for my compost bins and I am going to cover my garden bed completely with shredded leaves for mulching / fertilizing purposes. If you have an electric mower - charge it in the early morning - you'll actually help balance the grid.

[@richardhayman4868]

We think the same way...organic material should not leave the property (unless it's produce being sold). Thanks for posting!

[@jeanpauldupuis]

Whole leaves form dense mats when wet, then fluff up and blow around when dry. They will continue to escape your beds into your driveway and foul your snow-clearing equipment all winter. If you have space for it, you can make a huge pile of whole leaves under a tarp and let it sit for two years. Otherwise it is best to run them through the mower to reduce bulk, maintain aeration, and eliminate the blowing nuisance. Emissions from the mower are negligible - the greater catastrophe is the calories of waste heat dissipated in worrying about it.

[@GermyGames]

I mow over my leaves because whole leaves seem to be a slug habitat. If they're finely shredded up, I find that I don't get as many slugs. I do try and wait for all the leaves to fall and I'm going to mow for the last time of the year though. I also use an electric mower.

[@coni-ne5km]

About two years ago, my city provided containers and encouraged customers to place their kitchen scraps into the pail so they could use them to create compost. I did that for the first year but later decided to use the scraps to make my own compost.

[@bart9409]

I love it when people bag their leaves. I cruise the neighborhoods collecting them and make a lot of leaf compost. They are doing it less and less in our community, however.

[@RePetesBees]

Can you believe I had the cops called on me for doing just that? The cops just told me I have to ask the owners for permission. I was flabbergasted, WTF... im doing a everything a favor! Swore the cop would have been on my side. Now I just have a few properties I collect from that I got permission. Really threw a wrench in my 'easy-to-grab' pre-bagged free leaves. Watch out for that 1 Karen.

[@Terri_Stauffer]

@@RePetesBees gotta love a Karen. Who cares who picks up your bagged leaves that you want taken away. I’ve had people look at me funny but yeah no cops called. Sorry someone spoiled your easy way to collect leaves. I only have a few places I can collect from because most towns here encourage you to blow into woods or burn them, they are not collected by town or private garbage companies. A few towns do collect and some don’t allow bags you just blow into a pile in the street.

[@RePetesBees]

@@Terri_Stauffer FR, I was like, they are throwing the leaves away, not getting paid for it, they dont want them... smh, Least I have more then enough leaves now so I no longer need it anyways.

[@ss9749]

I had some branches I left by the curb for pick up. The day before garbage day, a guy with a flat bed came by and took them. That was great for me, I don't care who takes my clippings as long as they are gone. I don't have the equipment to chip the larger branches I had out, so if they do, good for them. I do keep and use my leaves though and I can grind small branches under 1" so use it for mulch.

[@nikvln]

In many states, what is put to the curb to be picked up is free for anyone to pickup. Never had anyone upset. I've even had homeowners help me load things. Rule of thumb - don't make a mess.

[@notthereyethomestead8413]

Leaves I gather put my plants to bed for the winter!!

[@ElahehDaisy]

Some insects mimic the leaves and take shelter in leaf piles during winter. Mowing the leaves takes away their shelter. I know some of you mentioned that one round of mowing doesn't harm the environment much, but I think it's a great step to shift the mowing culture in the US.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Lizards and amphibians are resting under those leaves too.

[@maggiedaniels9562]

You could also use an old-fashioned reel mower. I use my gas mower for tall grass, and maintain with my reel mower. No gas, electric needed. Works great for leaves as well.

[@bruce-le-smith]

I like your systems thinking, with the example of how keeping leaves on your property gives you an asset and at the same time reduces the unnecessary use of manufacturing and transportation. My Dad worked as an engineer in hydroelectric and he was always telling us how to think about the water and electrical supply chains when we were paying to use their outputs.

[@hvacsoldier1554]

I collect local leaves in garbage bags add them to my garden. I do the same with windfall apples. Essentially free compost for my garden.

[@kahvac]

Same here !

[@mikeb1039]

yes, but also introducing numerous tag along pests from OTHER peoples propertys. Not to mention you don't know what' they might have been sprayed with. A fruit tree might have had 4 or 5 spray applications....

[@hvacsoldier1554]

@@mikeb1039 I know the apples to never have been sprayed. I’m in the Oberpflaz region of Bavaria. I only collect the leaves in the fall and the winter weather kills nearly all of our seasonal pests. I agree that caution needs to be taken when doing this but the hunt for free nitrogen & carbon sources continue.

[@noeditbookreviews]

Ever since I became a gardener/ soil amendment enthusiast, I now look at most organic waste as potential compost.

[@izzywizzy2361]

Oh if only I could persuade my fellow gardeners in our shared garden of this!

[@eduffy4937]

Mow your grass as short as possible just before leaves fall. Then the wind donates everything to your neighbors property. Win

[@EricSneppen]

Love my E-mower. I compost the leaves with the grass and recharge with solar energie. Could never do this by hand.

[@smhollanshead]

With all due respect, running your lawn mower to chop up some leaves for your garden is a good idea. The world will not end because you used a quart of gasoline in a lawn mower!

[@JMhmmm1]

Yes, off the deep end on this one

[@C.Double.]

A million people using a quart of gas every week makes a huge difference... you are completely missing the point.

[@NaturesInfiniteWELLth-fo6rs]

Gas Mowers are far worse than cars

[@bartcalder2791]

He isn't surrounded by large oak trees or on larger property. Pretty unrealistic advice.

[@frankwilliamsjr.5250]

⁠@@C.Double.the whole climate debate is so tiresome. The sky isn’t falling, the ozone layer has repaired itself and we’ll all be ok with a million people a week mowing their lawn 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@vivianallen9772]

I love leaves, even the ones on the ground. I use them as mulch, and it works great. Thanks for the reminder to think about how our actions affect the environment. Mowing for an hour doesn’t sound like much until you multiple it by 90 million times, or so.

[@gina116]

Raking leaves into the beds is also good for the human doing it- burning 150 to 300+ calories an hour! Improving heart health and depression, and SAVING gas that day by NOT needing to go to the gym. This is why our great grandparents were slender. They exercised naturally doing chores.

[@cindiblazer8621]

Great video. I leave the leaves in my garden until the following year.

[@theekim6625]

funny in the first scene, you can't bring yourself to mow them even for the photo op. You are my kind of gardener!

[@reneedevry4361]

My garden is very large but I only have 2 trees so I either nab yard bags full of leaves from those neighbours that I know do not use chemicals or I rake up the leaves myself from elderly neighbours so I can store them in my back yard. Once ground is hard, I completely cover my entire yard, all garden. I reuse most of the yard bags in the spring. I wait until after hard frost so that I end up with fewer voles.😂

[@jeil5676]

I left whole leaves in paper bags for 1 year and they are halfway broken down and smell like mushroom. Mostly leaf mold but it does take a while. I saved labour on chopping leaves.

[@DennisKennedy1947]

Wow! Talk about cutting the Gordion knot! It's going to take a lot of imagination for anyone to find fault with this approach (but I'm sure someone will try).

[@JJLom777]

I put my leaves around the base of my fruit trees and on top of my raised garden beds. This allows me to start the growing season sooner in the Spring. It also protects more tender perennials. And, my fruit trees have never been healthier. Oh! Bonus. I added King Stropharia to the bed. The mushrooms break the leaves down, feed the trees, and give me mushrooms a few times a year. Best, JJ

[@maura423]

If you have a lot of leaves and a small lot, shredding them decreases the volume a *lot*, so you can keep them on site. I also live in a dry climate and water with drip irrigation, so whole leaves take years to decompose. I have leaves as mulch under shrubs that have been there for 3 years or more. If I use them whole everywhere, they blow around the yard and make a constant mess. I put some of mine in a dry bin to use for carbon in the compost, but I mostly prefer to rake them on the lawn and mow them. I need them to break down faster!

[@frandanco6289]

@maura423 - You could just run water over the leaves under the shrubs and that moisture will hasten the composting process all year long.. I do this with all the big Maple trees in my yard and set my mower to Mulch in Fall and whatever falls on the lawn gets mulched so nicely, and the grass loves it later... Just think about keeping the leaves a little moist in the hot summer, and they will do wonders underneath for the soil which feeds the plants and makes them grow.. If you have a lot of wigglers and earthworms under there, even better... They love those composted leaves that are a little moist..

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Mr. P. I leave our leaves, we live in the country and get LOTS of wind so my leaves will end up in the farm field across the road. 🤗 🎃🍁💚🙃

[@justsayin5609]

Our brown bags go to the city compost in Niagara, and then we get it back spring & fall bagged up, free for a donation to the food bank.😁 I don't have the room, yet still get the benefits.

[@roo-dog3484]

Agree but if you have a small lawn and want to keep ticks out, shred those leaves and just "leave" them where they are... If we leave whole leaves in the yard, one of us will 100% get at least one tick on us guaranteed here in Ulster county NY. Fall is tick season here..

[@lizxxx631]

If you can the best way to get rid of ticks is chickens running around.

[@TontonMacoute]

In the UK we put leaves in piles or boxes to form leaf mould.

[@stevenfeil7079]

CO2 is NOT bad at all for the environment. If you mow, use it in the mulching mode.

[@jimmypautz]

I mulch mow the leaves that I want to keep in my lawn. For the leaves I put in my garden, I just rake them into the garden.

[@kcronin7211]

It's not just the soil health....it's the critters that should be able to live in the soil as well. I usually leave a "soft-landing" under all my trees for overwintering insects (including, where I am, the native bees, not to mention cocoons of butterflies and moths) and add the rest of the leaves to my flower beds. And if extra leaves kill my lawn, GOOD. Just beating me to it.

[@dankeener3307]

My neighbor brought an Imperial Moth caterpillar to my house. She knows I love caterpillars. It had fallen from her White Oak tree into her deck. I was able to explain what it needed and placed it on the leaves under our Flowering Dogwood tree. We watched it wiggle itself into the leaves. You sending that message is so important for our community to learn. Thx! Love your final statement as well!😁

[@cayutiepotatoes]

Great points but you didn't even touch on The #1 reason to keep the leaves- the insect life that could be living in and on the leaves.

[@Anikanoteven]

I’m all for improving my soil. I have a massive oak tree. These leaves don’t break down for years. They make it so my perennials don’t grow. Sure my linden , birch and Japanese maple leaves are small and decompose. But oak leaves will not. So you mow your lawn all spring, summer and fall, but the two or three times I use a mower to chop up leaves? It’s not really a problem.

[@bomaite1]

I talked with the manager of our landfill and the reason he gave for not adding compostable material to the landfill was more complex than only the methane production that you mentioned. Our landfill has a giant membrane underneath it which functions like a funnel. At the lowest spot there is a collection point where all the nasty liquids that may be found in our town's garbage collect and are then pumped back to a large tank, where it can periodically be hauled away to a toxic waste treatment plant. This treatment is very expensive, and one of the priority goals of the site is to keep that fluid to a minimum. When the landfill is nearly complete and it is being capped off, the mountain of trash is shaped into a cone form and another membrane is placed over the top to direct as much rain water as possible away from the pile, because it would otherwise have to be purified when it percolated through the garbage pile and reached the drain at the bottom again. Finally, sand is placed on top of the membrane to protect it from weather and accidental mechanical damage. The whole process is very expensive and much less effective than you might think. Anyway, compostable materials inside the pile will eventually decay and lose volume. This makes the cone shape of the pile collapse, which often forms a depression at the summit of our beautiful cone where rain water can then collect. As the form changes, the membrane will often tear, which then allows large volumes of rainwater to actually be funneled into the pile instead of being shunted away. So the pile then will have to be reworked, at great cost. There are other items which we might not think of as compostable, of course, which can also decay eventually, such as wooden items, textiles, cardboard and paper, etc. These items can take a very long time to decay, however, if they are kept dry. But adding kitchen waste will introduce moisture, and make the whole structure much more vulnerable. It is the economic aspect that municipalities find so much more important than the ecological effects that you point out. Money is what they understand. Anyway, if you just compost as much as you can yourself, you do everyone a much greater favor than they will probably ever be aware of. Just do it.

[@mio.giardino]

I’m using my leaves to insulate a small tree through the winter.

[@lorrainedurgee1761]

Your right - I use leaves all year long to compost - I ran out last year so I purchase my sons neighbors leaves -u need to water. & turn your leaves to compost & they decompose faster ..

[@michaelboom7704]

Well you will not like what I do then as I collect bags of leaves from the curb, dump them on the lawn to run the mower over them. Some I leave for the winter to insulate the carrots ( also trying this with potatoes this season ) and other areas but next summer those leaves get mowed when the lawn needs a trim.

[@frandanco6289]

@michaelboom 7704 - Finally !!!! Yes !!!!!!! I also set my old Snapper mower to Mulch and they make great compost faster in my lawns... The rest of the many Maple leaves I get go or stay in the beds and just keeping them moist, and they break down wonderfully, and also help keep everything cooler, here in very hot Northern California, in the summer... I never bag leaves....... :) My beautiful lawns and beds love all the leaves every year, and yes, it takes a while to break down, but moisture makes it work faster and you need to water anyway, right??? And I also drip water everything using 1gal emitters, sometimes 2 or more on bigger trees, etc... Love my yards !!!!!

[@pearlruth]

I have the huge leaf blower, and my little mower, my rakes and tarps--working to move those colorful leaves for two weeks forming dunes 5 feet tall. I figure that an epoch of years later we will have a geologic layer of carbon energy. How's that, nature taking care of the environment.

[@lornadoell]

My lawn is small enough to use a push rotary mower. Good for the environment and good for my abs.

[@hardstylzz5024]

It's great for centipede, rye grass but baihia grass not gonna cut it.

[@Angie-ci1lp]

Another great informative video

[@noeditbookreviews]

What are your thoughts on agroecology?

[@lisamcintyre9832]

I understand what you are saying. I live in an old neighborhood. I have 3 Sycamore trees, 1 White Oak and 1 Maple, 12 White pine trees, 1 Birch, 1 Redbud, 1 Saucer Magnolia and 2 Elm trees on an acre. The trees are old and some are 50-70 feet tall so I have trillions of leaves. I believe that the oxygen my trees are producing negates the carbon from our mower. And I want grass to grow in the lawn. We mow and mulch the leaves and use the compost in the garden and flower beds. We have also built up the banks of the creek in the backyard with the leaves. To add nitrogen to the lawn, we don’t collect the grass clippings, we leave them on the lawn. Trust me, there’s plenty of bugs! 😊

[@Eli-qr9hc]

I mow / mulch my leaves back into the yard. I have no garden bed or wooded area

[@mikeb1039]

Leaves have a tough outer layer that doesn't break down easily intact. Layers will clump together and stop oxygen from reaching anything beneath them. Only when that layer is broken, by insect and microbial feeding or by mechanical means do they break down quickly and magnificently.

[@hardstylzz5024]

Yes live oak trees take awhile to break down, I use the mover to cut it up.

[@Mike80528]

Mow the leaves, but mulch them and leave them in place. Let them biodegrade and allow the nutrients go back into the soil.

[@ronputt]

One thing you overlook regarding mulching is that a Toro blower vac densifies the biomass by a factor of 5 or ten, which is a good thing regardless of what you do with them. Also, whole-leaf piles tend to be hydrophobic, whereas mulched leaves are much less so. Also, if you have a car, forget about preaching against lawn mowers; they're rounding errors environmentally.

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

The guy is making content for internet consumption and storing it on massive Google data centers. Not exactly environmentally sound, given the massive power needs of those data centers.

[@winrawrisyou]

"Also, if you have a car, forget about preaching against lawn mowers; they're rounding errors environmentally." The small gas engines used in mowers and other tools are considered extremely polluting relative to a car engine. I put some secondary sources below. And in defense of cars, needless to say they have huge benefits for users (especially in car-centric places, topic for another time). Mowers, in comparison-they have more benefits than just keeping lawn fanatics happy-you can mow leaves, they make it easier to have large areas of water-permeable landscaping, and they can keep ticks down. Buuuut I'd still give a huge edge to cars, personally. Besides, many people *could* replace large swathes of lawn with native plants to simultaneously reduce lawncare emissions and have an environmental benefit. Not so easy for many to stop having a vehicle (though many could downsize theirs). "Mowing your lawn for an hour is equivalent to driving 150 kilometers (93 miles), at least in terms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions. This is according to a Swedish study [linked in article] examining the impact of typical four-stroke, four horsepower lawn mowers." www.leafscore.com/eco-friendly-garden-products/the-environmental-impact-of-lawn-mowers/ "EPA data has found that gas-powered lawn mowers make up five percent of total air pollution in the United States, amounting to even more in urban areas." (I think people drive a LOT more than they mow, and besides, that sounds like factories, fires, etc. could be included in that 95%.) psci.princeton.edu/tips/2020/5/11/law-maintenance-and-climate-change

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

If we use that argument, then anyone who has a car should stop doing things that harm the environment. how is that logical???

[@Bandaid17]

I also have an electric Toro vac shredder bag which I use and enrich my garden beds and pack around unplanted shrubs to overwinter. I don’t have to rake them out in the spring. The full flat leaves don’t decompose over our cold winter. I use them in my composter and as shredded; they help compost food scraps faster. My only other concern is that the smaller shredded leaves are more easily eaten by the Asian jumping worms which are becoming a real problem here in NE PA. Everyone has to do what works for them in their own garden. No criticizing here!! Agree to keep leaves if possible any which way.

[@ronputt]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 All that aside, I want you to know how much I appreciate your content, particularly regarding soil health. It has confirmed many of my suppositions and has taught me much that I have immediately put into practice.

[@Angie-ci1lp]

I rake my leaves and put them straight in my garden …sometimes I try to tear them apart by hand😅 I turn them before it gets too cold so far so good

[@frandanco6289]

@Angie-ci1lp - If you have a lot of wigglers and earth worms in your garden, then it is going to be a great garden... They also love to eat decomposing things under there and as a bonus, they aerate your soil for free.. Oh, and if you drink coffee, worms Love the used grounds....

[@craigmatheson2736]

THANK YOU!!! Almost no one ever brings up how electric mowers are also bad for the environment. How bad has (and does) take up volumes.

[@Eli-qr9hc]

I’ve read the same thing meaning that they need to find more coal mines to support more electrical devices .

[@ebradley2306]

Afraid with the kind of grass we have, we need a gas mower. In the summer it can grow 8 to 10 inches a week. Would rather not have much of a back lawn but I have to live with my husband and 3 dogs. 😊I do make lots of leaf mould and load up all my perennial beds with leaves. I have recently expanded the garden area around one of my oaks that was surrounded by grass to provide a landing place for caterpillars. Just read about oaks and caterpillars in the book "The Nature of Oaks."

[@shamusmcwright2640]

well, I have solar panels and here over 55% of our power is from wind power. I think using my electric mower is not too bad an option as I already needed the mower for the grass. I actually get leaves from my neighbors as I have only a few small trees

[@rossplainold1565]

Are lawn mower that bad.... I thought plants need CO2.

[@alexg4462]

Would leaves and grass cuttings be good to fill the bottom of a raised planting bed?

[@maura423]

I would think burying them would restrict oxygen too much and cause an anaerobic condition. They're great for the top of a garden bed as a mulch, though.

[@hardstylzz5024]

Seen alot yt videos on hugleculture method check spelling sure not spelled right. Put tree limbs and grass and leaves then put garden soil on top.

[@maura423]

@@hardstylzz5024 you may be right - I've only seen it done with logs and branches, though. I know you can bury any organic matter and it will decompose over time. I'm just imagining the debris that comes out of a lawnmower catcher; it's so dense and full of green that I worry it will just make a slimy mess. Also grass clippings and leaves would decompose very rapidly in those conditions, so the soil would sink pretty drastically in one season. Maybe with plenty of woody debris and dry leaves, it would be fluffy enough and have enough structure to offset any concerns?

[@chrisjanssens4333]

Is that a Fatsia japonica in the top left corner when you're sitting on that stone?

[@bruceofwayne4822]

I mow the leaves and let it be

[@adamtheownerofyourpassiona3879]

@gardenfundamentals1 i put some clean charcoal briquettes into a bucket and put a bunch of different kinds of organic matter and its been sitting that way for months- do you think it would be safe to add that to the top layer of soil of my plants?

[@winrawrisyou]

I must ask, why did you put your organic matter into your charcoal briquettes storage? Some like to add charcoal to soil, generally closer to pulverized-size than briquette. I know some worry about chemicals in briquettes but I don't think I've seen anything worrying in their ingredients, as long as they aren't match-light briquettes. Also, if I remember right, charcoal actually takes a very long time to decompose, so don't expect the briquettes to disappear like other organic matter.

[@karabean]

You should read 'The Modern Growers Guide to Terra Preta' and that will demystify adding charcoal. The short answer is don't use cooking charcoal, use bio char.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

charcoal briquettes should not be added to the garden.

[@sunnybizz4857]

Good grief! Now charging a battery-operated mower is bad, too? Lets pull all the plugs and live in caves and sleep on piles of leaves. Save the big Linden leaves for t.p. I thought the myth busting science guy would have tuned out the carbon screamers.

[@BlackJesus8463]

Yup!

[@theekim6625]

I find that the leaves will blow into piles into the garden and from the grass paths.

[@PrisonerNChristJesus]

Mowing leaves is addictive. I started mowing leaves and before I knew it I was about 10 miles in the middle of the woods mowing mowing, mowing crunch, crunch crunch it wasn’t even lawn anymore, it was just straight up forest and I just kept mowing. The amazing part of it all was just how many mowing miles per gallon I got out of my little Honda.

[@ericlion2208]

I mow with a battery-powered electric mower using electricity from my photopholtaic system.

[@stevenfeil7079]

Yeah, nature takes care of them... the wind sends them to your neighbor and THEY do all of the things you call bad.

[@aimeegill4485]

I actually learn a LOT from this channel's content. I'm not in agreement with this presentation points. the lawn needs mowed anyway... AND the if there's a complaint using a mower, (which evidently is on the property as the thumbnail indicates) get methane producing goat or two to chew it down😂

[@theekim6625]

BTW, my neighbour collects the brown bags and puts them in his garden.

[@rtyria]

One thing you didn't mention which absolutely needs to be taken into consideration is local ordinances. In some areas (like mine) failing to remove leaves completely from the property may result in a fine. Composting is permissible only when the pile is out of sight, whenever possible. I've yet to get a ticket for my pile behind the garage even though it is visible from one street, but my house is completely surrounded by streets and there technically is no 'out of sight' place available. As far as gas mowers go, I wouldn't worry too much about it so long as the machine is well maintained. I can almost guarantee the average gas vehicle will produce more emissions on the average commute to work, and your ev vehicle will absolutely cause more pollution when it comes time to dispose of the battery, not to mention in the mining of the materials and creation of said batteries. When it comes to "environmentally friendly" products, there really isn't any. The environment will take a hit in the production of things, the operation of things and the disposing of things no matter what you do. Yet without modern power people would die. At this very minute I'm relying on a electric heater to avoid running my natural gas furnace (which is more expensive to run) in order to keep from freezing to death, and guaranteed it's generating more pollution than a gas mower, but my only alternative is to fire up the wood burning stove. It's a sore spot with me because politicians who live very comfortably like to dictate "green" policy which not only do not protect the environment, actually endanger lives by making the power grid unstable and make natural gas horrifically expensive.

[@barryc9115]

Tell us you live in California without telling us you live in Californian.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

"the average gas vehicle will produce more emissions on the average commute to work" - car engines are much more efficient and environmentally friendly that a small stoke engine.

[@rtyria]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 But they run much longer and far more often. I only cut the grass once or twice a month. Whereas the car gets used more or less daily.

[@rtyria]

@@barryc9115 I don't actually.

[@valerietromble]

I am on my leaves to chop them up so I can rake them up and put them in my compost

[@neilpace]

I've never seen such a contentious comments section than under this Au Natural Gardening Content. People like content that makes them feel part of a group... And they like to feel good about what they're doing. This content creator made the dangerous mistake of holding a mirror up to the face of his viewers and questioned what they might be doing!? Mon Dieux Non! I get some of the rebuttals by viewers, and that's fine... Keep the dialogue going! We may not all agree in the long run on all things, but he's not being a Dick about it, so why are the comments so salty?

[@mpharaoh]

I guess he doesn't have wind where he lives

[@dankeener3307]

Wind wheels kill birds.

[@danhall9197]

You did more harm for the environment, talking about the environment, wasting several millions of cumulative viewers minutes on servers. Go straight into what to do with the leaves.

[@dawnmitchell11]

While I appreciate the message of using the natural materials you have to work in favor of nature (100%), I don't appreciate the logic you use about even electric powered mowers hurt the environment. Over half of the food supply in the US is made in factories (not including the processing of meats/eggs and dairy products). Unless you are not consuming any of those products and you are only consuming the foods you grow yourself, you are also hurting the environment according to your logic. Stop it with all these green logic games. Everything we do impacts the environment, good or bad. I agree with reducing unnecessary consumption. I disagree with green logic blaming one activity or product and then not holding the same standards to the products they are pushing.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

You can't make electricity without making systems to collect energy and batteries to store the energy. - All of that has an environmental cost.

[@paperandpavement]

Lol complaining about people using their lawnmowers and saying we shouldnt while theres millions of autos in the US let alone the container ships that pollute the planet more than anything else. Yet we the people should limit our use of a simple lawnmower. I appreciate the gardening advice but not the lectures on what we should and shouldn't do on our property with our tools.

[@lornadoell]

I agree the first part of your statement, but I sure wish you could keep the noise from your tools on your own property. I find myself gardening by headlamp just to get some peace and quiet.

[@paperandpavement]

@@lornadoell I agree with you too! Just because we can, doesn't mean we shouldn't be courteous to our neighbors.

[@neilpace]

Lectures? It didn't have a lecturing tone at all...I've never seen such a contentious comments section than under this Au Natural Gardening Content. People like content that makes them feel part of a group... And they like to feel good about what they're doing. This content creator made the dangerous mistake of holding a mirror up to the face of his viewers and questioned what they might be doing!? Mon Dieux Non! I get some of the rebuttals by viewers, and that's fine... Keep the dialogue going! We may not all agree in the long run on all things, but he's not being a Dick about it, so why are the comments so salty?

[@paperandpavement]

@@neilpace I was respectful and said my opinion and what I believe in. I like content that gives me knowledge to be able to use in my every day life and this creator is helping me with gardening tips so I do appreciate that aspect of it but I wasn't a dick about it with my comment either. "Mon Dieux Non"? We're typing English here. Did you type that to sound more educated than me? You more than likely are but there is no need to be pretentious about it. I just don't agree in being "guilt tripped" on my use of a lawn mower or not when there are bigger problems in the world than that.

[@craigmerryfull7704]

The carbon the leaves took from the air is going to eventually return to the air when its composted, it just takes longer than if u burned it. Plants are carbon neutral, any co2 they release was taken from the air to begin with.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

That is not quite true. If leaves are composted and added to soil some of that carbon gets sequestered as organic matter in soil. If plants were truly carbon neutral we would not have coal and soil in the ground.

[@craigmerryfull7704]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 i mean to say plants now are carbon neutral. Coal and was from a totally different biosphere hundreds of millions of years ago.

[@nancynesytofreske]

Another reason to "leave the leaves" is because our insects and critters use the leaves to overwinter, so when we mow them we are killing insects and other animals. Our insect populations are in serious decline so let's just leave the leaves alone to do what they're meant to do, decompose and feed the soil as well as provide protection for overwintering creatures. If you MUST move your leaves, rake them gently and move them to an area where they can be left alone to decompose.

[@toddr4532]

Buddy is getting all environmental but he owns an eye-rock.

[@hermanhale9258]

Stop Watching Garden Fundamentals Complain about Everything at a Very Slow Pace. If you mow them, they look better and they don't blow around.

[@TheOzarkExplorer]

I live in the Ozarks and if I don't grind up leaves and pile them up to compost I'll be dealing with ticks by the zillions. Here's a link to a video I made about 6 years ago showing how bad it gets if I don't grind up and pile leaves in the Fall: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ine5daluqNytrrMsi=AAOX9Hei-vv0zmng

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

Making content you upload to the internet, which is powered by mega data centers insatiable need for electricity, is bad for the environment

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

True - so is making and using the device to view the video.

[@DennisKennedy1947]

You can't make an omlette without breaking eggs. Whether we're teaching science to gardeners or mulching leaves to grow chemical free food, I think the karma is in our favor.

[@lumberjack7923]

but your GAS POWERED LAWN MOWER IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ........RIGHT ???

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

???? The video says the opposite

[@Piccolo_Re]

If you’re so concerned about the environment, go after the politicians, musicians and celebrities who all fly on private jets multiple times every single day.

[@neilpace]

Both can be done... Your suggestion that one is not allowed to identify concerns in one area until they've eradicated them in a possibly more concerning area is flawed logic. I've never seen such a contentious comments section than under this Au Natural Gardening Content. People like content that makes them feel part of a group... And they like to feel good about what they're doing. This content creator made the dangerous mistake of holding a mirror up to the face of his viewers and questioned what they might be doing!? Mon Dieux Non! I get some of the rebuttals by viewers, and that's fine... Keep the dialogue going! We may not all agree in the long run on all things, but he's not being a Dick about it, so why are the comments so salty?

[@RePetesBees]

IDK, sending them off to the garbage is IMO the worst. Worthless compost that way. Leaf / wood ash from burning on the other hand, is a GREAT fertilizer and takes up very little space in storage.

[@MikalBrowning]

Electric mower 💡

[@Metalgarn]

This could have been a good video if not for the constant whinging over "environmental concerns".

[@Randy58-zn4ez]

People need to think about the consequences of their actions.

[@Metalgarn]

@@Randy58-zn4ez That's fair but you also need to weigh pros and cons in total, not just for one issue. Don't just disregard mowing leaves because it causes pollution (very, very little especially if using electric mowers). Talk about the pros and cons, with one of the cons being environmental concerns. When you simply disregard something because "environment" it simply sounds like someone pushing an agenda over what might be a better option.

[@nedcramdon1306]

@@Metalgarn Well, the agenda certainly wouldn't be control, I'm sure

[@mikebunetta7420]

Sounds like the city is bad for the environment.

[@rtyria]

Most cities also smell like they are bad for the environment too.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

They are.

[@nedcramdon1306]

Cities are toxic dumps. More or less.

[@fl2660]

You fuss too much on the environment. As soon as the trees learn to pick up after themselves, I'll become more concerned. Until then I will use the mulch option on my GAS mower to chop the leaves and the bagging option to remove them off the lawn. I found that these chopped leaves break down faster and make better organic material, especially if I blend it with some clean sand and some fresh ash from the firepit. The worms and insects love it and the birds, mice, snakes and other critters love the worms and insects! I run the mower 3 extra times in the whole year to do this so I won't listen to anyone whine about the CO2. If you need to whine about that, then you are welcome to come rake my tree surrounded 3/4 acre lawn using a salad spoon.

[@neilpace]

Whining? It didn't have a whining tone at all... I've never seen such a contentious comments section than under this Au Natural Gardening Content. People like content that makes them feel part of a group... And they like to feel good about what they're doing. This content creator made the dangerous mistake of holding a mirror up to the face of his viewers and questioned what they might be doing!? Mon Dieux Non! I get some of the rebuttals by viewers, and that's fine... Keep the dialogue going! We may not all agree in the long run on all things, but he's not being a Dick about it, so why are the comments so salty?

[@ben-fe3zy]

This post touched a nerve with the snowflakes!

[@loveishope4406]

All seeing eye

[@GoetzimRegen]

All hail to CO_2 😀

[@mikeo8890]

Solar charge your mower battery

[@vaio4908]

"Don't mow the leaves, don't put them in paper bags, don't...". You know what, if everything is bad for the environment, i will eat them then. I will make a tasty salad... Wait... is farthing also bad for the environment? 🤔

[@ggrunau]

Rechargeable battery-operated mower...problem solved.

[@orionishi6737]

Uuuh electric mowers ....

[@kelleclark]

Eye of Horus...really?

[@miguelbalderas905]

Right?! Smh. We know his allegiance.

[@doubleshitake]

Disagree. If you want a law the leaves need to be chopped if there is more than a couple of inches of them.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

??? Never heard of raking?

[@doubleshitake]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 why would I rake them when I want them to break down and feed the lawn?

[@doubleshitake]

And that was supposed to be “lawn” not law 🤦‍♀

[@tbradtbrad]

Stop cutting your grass with gas or electric mowers! Buy a couple of goats or pile leaves on the grass!

[@extemporaneous4545]

What's with the Eye of Horus? Edit : More power to you. Tell us about your beliefs. There are some of us who would like to know.

[@miguelbalderas905]

Glad I am not the only one who noticed that. Smh.

[@extemporaneous4545]

@@miguelbalderas905 I'm not smh. I genuinely want to know more about his pagan beliefs.

[@DavidSmith-1951]

Shame on you wasting energy with that air conditioner. It's terrible for the environment. Oh the humanity!!!!

[@happyhobbit8450]

Hydro electric

[@GasOperatedDad]

The 'bad for the environment' electricity of which you speak that is used in some lawnmowers, is the same electricity you used to record your video, upload your video to KZbin servers via a powered internet connection, and is also the same electricity used by countless thousands of your video viewers to see your message. It's just compounding the environmental decline. Perhaps you can just telepathically relay your message to the great collective unconsciousness of mother Earth, in a manner much less adversely impactful on her?

[@hamburger512]

Arguably running a KZbin channel is worse than running a mower by a mile because of the data centers required. This is a dopey argument overall

[@ben-fe3zy]

You honestly think that the energy costs of the data storage and transmission of his posts matched the production and running off a ride-on mower?

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

There is some validity there. But if a lot of people watch the video, and change their behavior, then there is a net benefit to the environment.

[@neilpace]

Nobody moves, and nobody gets hurt... Fair enough I suppose... I've never seen such a contentious comments section than under this Au Natural Gardening Content. People like content that makes them feel part of a group... And they like to feel good about what they're doing. This content creator made the dangerous mistake of holding a mirror up to the face of his viewers and questioned what they might be doing!? Mon Dieux Non! I get some of the rebuttals by viewers, and that's fine... Keep the dialogue going! We may not all agree in the long run on all things, but he's not being a Dick about it, so why are the comments so salty?

[@TheTruthShallPrevail777]

This is nonsense.

[@stevencooper399]

Ok boomer ...