Ah, interesting. In eastern WA state, fallen leaves are so abundant in the fall that people burn them just to get them out of the way. Tragic because it makes the skies smoky, and puts carbon in the air when we could put it in the soil. I go around and ask people if I can take their bagged leaves 😂
There were companies that sold composed leaves, but they required local pickup, not an option for a person who lives in Florida and was looking for northern fallen leaves.
Sell whatever weight of packed ground leaves that you can get into the bag. Burlap bags are really sustainable and pretty inexpensive. Paper bags are cheaper but not as sustainable.
I’ve been buying food grade burlap for my restoration biolog treatments because regular burlap seems to have PAHs in it! It took some doing to find the info and then source clean burlap. I hope it becomes more widely available!
You should set up a mail order business for ground up leaves. I am serious. Because Florida has such quirky leaf-fall, I looked at buying leaves from northern climates, nothing. Pack ground up leaves into a 50 Lb bag and sell them online as soil amendment. Of course the leaves won’t weigh 50 Lbs
Such an incredible material to work with that people REALLY take for granted where they are abundant!!
This is a really interesting idea!! The leaves are surprisingly heavy due to moisture but this is an interesting concept for sure! They may need to be heat-treated before shipping to avoid spreading pests and weed seeds around the country, and dried to make the weight manageable