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Thatch is the word I was trying to think of on the above post. Raking is good way to eliminate thatch.
I have a giant compost bin. My town dump will not take any yard waste anymore as I think most do now. They do however let you bring leaves to the dump and they make several house size piles and turn it with the bucket loader and you can go there and get as much compost as you want. I do the lazy man's approach and just let it rot down itself. Takes a year longer but no muscle needed. All my kitchen scraps go in to. I have to keep it well fence to keep the damn dog out. The mowed over leaves rot so much faster than just putting in whole ones. Grass clippings will heat it up good too but does stink a little and I prefer to mulch the grass on the lawn. I also add lots of sod to the pile to as I am trying to eliminate the lawn. It is full of worms. My pile has been going for so long I always have some real nice black gold to use. I sometimes go down to the school ball field night crawling after or during a rain to add to the pile too. I use the compost as a medium for all my seedlings. It works great.
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