In the weekly trash.
Always leave them. That's where they belong.
Just a question on this gloomy Sunday. What do you do with yours? Collect them? Leave them?
If they mulch up good with the lawnmower, I leave them. If I get a lot of clumps, I'll pick up the clumps and feed them to the goats. I'd let the goats mow the lawn, but the goats would be like, "fuck grass, look! Apple trees, pear trees, cherry trees, peach trees, raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes, grape vines! Woohoo!" One goat got into the back yard last year - lost a couple hundred dollars in trees in about 20 minutes.
thatch, yo.
I had read it's good for the grass to leave clippings. Coincidentally today I decided to try not bagging, but only the backyard. I don't want to risk it in the front where it's too unsightly not to do something about it immediately. We'll see how it turns out in the back. It'll probably be unsightly and I'll never do it again.
But once it's growing, I don't see why there would be any benefit. It just creates a layer of matted-up crap that inhibits further growth.
Mulch, should never mow 1/3 the length of grass at any time. I mow regularly and keep the grass fairly short. My lawn is amazing and I don't have to use chemicals to keep it green. When you bag, you're pulling all the nutrients out of the soil and throwing it away. I like to mulch that right back into the soil, eliminating the need for any fertilizer. Every couple of years I'll spread about 1/2 inch of compost from my pile over the entire lawn in early spring. Perfect time to overseed and you'll never, ever have to fertilize. Also means much less watering, better water retention, no weeds, no patches. And takes a hellllluva lot less work in the long run than bagging the shit.
bagged, set at the curb, picked up with the trash. I don't care.
same here. Sucked last week since there was no pickup due tot eh holiday. Yesterday looking at them, I noticed the rain had soaked the bags over the week. Tried to put a second bag over it, partially successful. Last time I had put out a wet bag of week old grass, they had ripped the bag and left me a pillar or wet, nasty grass.
Bagging just ensures that the nutrients leave your lawn, fertilizer companies would love for you to bag all your yard waste!