< be glad to take bags of clean clippings away.>>
One caution--grass clippings mold very quickly unless they are left spread out to dry right after cutting. I don't know whether this mustiness would be toxic to chickens (it's one of the reasons grass clippings are normally off-limits to large livestock) but it smells nasty, even if it just ended up as bedding. I either leave the clippings where they lie, raking them up after they are dry (for that I use the rotary push-mower); or, if I'm in a hurry, I use the power mower and grass catcher, and dump the bags of clippings on the sunny part of the paved dooryard to dry. If I do that, the chickens help spread them out and turn them for me so the clippings are dry and ready to bag at the end of the day! I use brown paper feed bags to store, leaving them open at the top so if there's any residual damp it can evaporate.
But even if the neighbors' clippings can't be dried right away, use them in your manure heap or compost (assuming the clippings are absolutely chemical-free, especially of any herbicides or pesticides). They add to the nutrients for your garden or fields.
Rhonda
STOP CORPORATE ABUSE--BAN ALL GMOs!
One caution--grass clippings mold very quickly unless they are left spread out to dry right after cutting. I don't know whether this mustiness would be toxic to chickens (it's one of the reasons grass clippings are normally off-limits to large livestock) but it smells nasty, even if it just ended up as bedding. I either leave the clippings where they lie, raking them up after they are dry (for that I use the rotary push-mower); or, if I'm in a hurry, I use the power mower and grass catcher, and dump the bags of clippings on the sunny part of the paved dooryard to dry. If I do that, the chickens help spread them out and turn them for me so the clippings are dry and ready to bag at the end of the day! I use brown paper feed bags to store, leaving them open at the top so if there's any residual damp it can evaporate.
But even if the neighbors' clippings can't be dried right away, use them in your manure heap or compost (assuming the clippings are absolutely chemical-free, especially of any herbicides or pesticides). They add to the nutrients for your garden or fields.
Rhonda
STOP CORPORATE ABUSE--BAN ALL GMOs!
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