No, I don't think you are lazy, Jewell. When I started my garden, I had to find a source of leaves because my soil was totally dead. Since I live in the midst of a forest, it was a matter of finding someone who had a lot of oaks on their property and going out and bagging the leaves because I knew I was gathering OM from healthy trees. I wanted to be careful about what pathogens I might bring back.
Cindy, no curbs up here ... lol. I've avoided the green waste compost that I can get free from the dump because I don't know what people have put on the stuff they bring to the dump. A lot of people use brush killer to kill the brush on their properties for fire safety. I think I'd feel the same way about gleaning leaves from curbs, but I really don't have to think that one through ..
Smiles,
Lyn
