Here is a current photograph of our back lawn:
We've covered the whole thing in plastic tarp! Look at all of the debris the tarp has caught. This is just the beginning, though. We'll easily collect enough biomatter to fill two or three large green waste bins.
Covering the lawn with plastic is not good for the grass, but it's better than the alternative. We aren't too lazy to rake, either. Looking closely, we see that the lawn is covered in needles, not leaves. The needles are knocked off of the giant cedar trees that surround our property. The orange bits disintegrate instantly into crumbs when touched, and so are the very devil to rake. If left to decompose, they turn into acid that kills the lawn. So our solution is to plasticate the whole thing, and sweep off the mess into the green waste for the City to pick up. Once all of the needles have come off the trees, we clean off the tarp and roll it up to give the grass a breather.
Note the garden animals that we use to keep the tarp from blowing away in the wind. I'm pretty sure my brother-in-law thought the pig was real for about a month.
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