Town area that does a leaf pickup?? I see the town I work at lug off truckloads of leaves. They do a compost and mix it with the sewage plant solids and sell and give it away.

Years ago this old farm was in danger of flooding by a new state watershed dam. My husband's aunt didn't think the people would win the fight and proceded to make a deal with somebody to sell off the loam. The old aunt was housebound with osteoporosis and didn't see what was going on further in back. They had a whole gravel mining operation going with tons of holes and test pits and just a great big mess. My mother in law was still alive and checked when the aunt wasn't getting any money for the soil. She threw them out on the spot. I'm still slowly filling holes and building back the top soil. Best guess is in most spots near the front field we lost a good 2 feet of loam. In the back it's full of holes and pile. The biggest hole took up an acre and flooded in the spring to breed mosquitos but nothing else. We contacted construction sites and town highway depts and they have been slowly dumping their fill. Helps them, helps us. Since I have horses and a few other critters I can then spread a skim coat of manure and compost and keep building little by little. I really have no idea how much soil was lost but guessing a farm that had been in use and fields that were cultivated for over 250 years should have had a good 2 feet of soil on them, probably more. Lot of places I'm down to white sand. Not even enough soil to grow some grass.

Got a business with a cardboard dumpster? Plain old newspaper works too.
We have a mill here where the sawdust is free for the taking. If it rots take it.

If you are on a road with a little traffic put a sign out front that says you want leaves and other compostables.

Don't look at the whole big mess at once. Will seem like you aren't making progress. Choose a little spot and work on it. Get it done and move to the next.