Every year Americans spend hundreds of dollars paying public utilities and corporate waste handlers to haul away grass clippings. Additionally, we spend thousands more on store-bought chemical fertilizers.

Grass clippings are nitrogen-rich and break down easily. Rather than bagging them, leave them behind after mowing to giving your yard a quick, much-appreciated shot of natural fertilizer.

reference link: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/solid-waste/yardwaste-clippings.asp

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