Really thank you for the reply. Very good committment on your part. I want/hope the city to dump vacuumed leaves in same area they have been using (but stay 500 ft from the river per EPA).. With existing city equipment and/or obtaining surplus eguipment I think with a volunteer staff of 3 to 6 we can keep this windrowed, turned, screened if needed and dispensed to end user to allow space for next years inbound. With the $25K landfill tab even if expenses were $24,999 and compost were available for free to users is a great attribute rather than placement in the landfill. The $40K "grant" would/could assist in and almost fund used screener, used Bobcat, and fenced covered area for eguipment storage. The landfill deposit just sucks....... It makes my piles (appx 1000 cu yards of/when finished) more valuable and I should be happy about that. I was just doing this because the stuff was setting there, not as a futuristic occupation. Thanks again Lloyd for your unselfish information and enjoyed looking at your experience..(but glad ours is vac'd not bagged also).. ..... Dag

What a gorgeous sulfur. From what I read, there is an outside chance it could find my senna patch. That would be wonderful! Thanks for sharing and broadening my world of butterflies. Sandy

You might want to plant tall skinny plants to screen you from the next door neighbor. But for the rest create a strip planting bed along the fence that is at least 5' front-to-back depth. Where the bed turns make radius corners for ease of mowing and nice appearance. Plant small flowering trees trees like crape myrtles, if those grow there, periodically along the fence, and solid groundcover below. Carve out groundcover space to put the color where you want it. Add other things for interest, but not too much variety or it will look cluttered and busy. Create a simple plan of your scheme and post it here for feedback in order to clear up any obvious mistakes.

Yes, indeed gorgeous, just like jewels !