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| Yard waste "dump" cleared - with a fresh layer of gravel added |
When you have several properties and gardens that you are in charge of, it is never too early to get started with spring cleanup! And unless you have a "back 40" composting area, you need to find a place for all that debris.
With the cold and very dry weather, the city decided to open up the Butterworth yard waste facility yesterday, March 23, a little early--a place we affectionately refer to as THE DUMP. City street pickup will begin April 2, so I happily took my bags away, rather than wait--and/or pay.
I am glad to have a free facility available. Eventually all the debris gets chipped up for mulch. City brown bags are $2.50. I would guess we had a $35 load. And when you go with a friend, it becomes a pleasant activity. Especially with such a clean space (see above) and no smell. (It is not like that in July, with all the steaming lawn grass piled high).
And then the reward of a little lunch or treat.
Actually, that is how I bribed friend O. to pick me and my bags up, in her very large SUV.
We found that the yard waste facility was not only spring-clean and cleared, it was devoid of any other dumpers when we arrived around noon. I referenced that it was like a ghost (town?) dump, although there were 3 city workers on hand. A women made sure we were residents and two men helped us unload and shake out the dozen or so brown paper and contractor size plastic bags. I guess they were bored, with nothing else to do there--but I never before in all these years have had any help with a car load of bags. One guy noticed one of O's tires was a little low...
Yes, I bribed O. with the promise of a naked burger. At the usual nearby Mc Donalds. She had a triple cheeseburger with no bun--that's the naked part! She is eating low-carb. I am trying to get on that wagon as well, although I indulged with two topless burgers--with just one exposed bun-top, turned upside down, lol.
