bpgreen I'm a couponer who gets coupons from such bins and have seen many such conversations of legal issues involved. The newspaper bin that I get coupons from is in the parking lot of a police station :) (been going there for 5 years). I can confirm that it is not illegal here. That being said, I think most people can find enough browns around thier house if they look. Spring cleaning becomes fun when you can throw all the paper into the compost. On the bug issue, we get lots of them here. I have friends that have moved away and then back home. They complain when they come back because we have so many bugs here. It's just part of living in the humid hot south. It is a constant battle to keep compost dry here. Once hurricane season starts up we get rain almost everyday and even when it is not raining the humidity is almost always over 60% (80-100% most summer days UGH!) While I'm running at the mouth I have an additional brown question. Magazines. Are they ok to add if shreaded? If not, what do I do with glossy paper?

I have several unknown mulberries in my yard. If it weren't for the fact they shade the west side of the house I would cut them down. They are very messy, attract bagworms, look horrid in the middle of summer with the brown straggly foliage.... They came with the house. Plus you can't park anywhere cause they drop stuff all the time. And right now they are making me sneeze!!! The birds do like them though & I use the branches in my cockatiels cage. Tally HO!

Hello, Yes....Sally and Pieohmy, I do have some plants left.Email me at angelsrwatchn@yahoo.com Mary... Your not ignorant...lol... I meant torch lily, not firepoker grass,sorry!

Don't know why I missed this thread earlier--maybe 'cause I need less trees rather than more! But thought y'all might be interested in a bit of history about the banana shrub (Michellia figo, I think, and there are some other very nice michellias too). Think I was told about this shortly after I moved here. As was mentioned above, it's a plant that was very popular years ago, and ladies would drop a few flowers down the front of their dresses for the fragrance. (Personally, I think mine at least smells more like cheap artificial banana flavoring than bananas!) Because of that use, some people still call them 'bubby flowers'. Now, doesn't that make your day?