Need fast way to dispose of large amount of yard waste (vines/twigs)

[PingSpike]

Load it into the back of a pickup truck and have one of your children slowly disperse it across the countryside while you go on a long drive.

I usually just dump mine in my woods, but absent that I'd probably burn it.

 

[jagec]

Cleanse it with holy fire.

 

[fatpat268]

I just stick it loose on the curb. My city comes every week and will pick up bags of grass clippings, branches, and other yard waste for free (seperate from the trash). I figure they mulch and/or compost all that crap up and resell it.

 

[zerocool84]

My local trash pickup does a special trip twice a year for large amounts of green waste for free, just need to set up an appointment. Call your trash company and see if they have anything like that.

If all else fails, dump it in your neighbor's yard.

 

[SillyOReilly]

Start a compost bin

 

[NetWareHead]

yeah the city also does a yard waste pickup as well, but it needs to be bagged at curbside, which is what I want to avoid.

 

[NetWareHead]

Start a compost bin

I have one already but you can't just put whole twigs and vines in it. They will begin sprouting in the pile and if not, the size of them would make it take years to break down and compost back into soil. Which is why I wanted the shredder which I was told wouldn't work...

 

[mcurphy]

Try calling your local town hall and see if there is a disposal site available to local residents. Most of the towns and villages in my area have a local compost heap that is free for residents to dump yard waste, like tree branches, bush clippings, and leaves.

 

[DrPizza]

compost it on your property - the viney nature will go away quickly enough as it breaks down. Or, if the city/village has a compost area, haul it away - that part requires a friend with either a truck or trailer (if you don't have either.)

Since we're all adding our solutions which are completely useless to you, I'd just let my goats eat it. They love poison ivy. Yum. That takes care of 90% of it. Anything else, I'd burn. I can rent you a couple of goats for a few days.

 

[0roo0roo]

10 weeks of yard waste p ickup...
leave by side of the road if u have the service.

 

[Jeff7]

compost it on your property - the viney nature will go away quickly enough as it breaks down. Or, if the city/village has a compost area, haul it away - that part requires a friend with either a truck or trailer (if you don't have either.)

Since we're all adding our solutions which are completely useless to you, I'd just let my goats eat it. They love poison ivy. Yum. That takes care of 90% of it. Anything else, I'd burn. I can rent you a couple of goats for a few days.

Jesus. Those things must be indestructible.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Shred it and pack it in all the electronics boxes you've saved and leave them on your front porch.

 

[NetWareHead]

Figured I would update this thread. Since I was discouraged into renting a chipper/shredder, have no goats to eat the vines, don't have a pickup truck to transport the yard waste somewhere, cant light a bonfire to get rid of it, I am doing what I didn't want to do and that is manually separate all of yard waste by hand. Determined to make the best of the situation, I figured all of the yard waste can be turned into firewood , so I began sizing and stacking appropriately.

The project has also been scaled up to not just cleaning up the two fallen trees, but the entire back of the property line adjacent to the neighbor's lot. As we started clearing vines from the trees, we noticed there was a rusting iron fence COVERED in vines as well. That fence was removed to expose a nice scenic rock wall that follows the property line. The fence and the vines covered most of it and we had no idea the rock wall would look so good. We cleared a good third of of the rock wall and the back yard looks great now. I completed the mind numbing task of snipping all of the vines and and small branches with a hand snipper (took all damn day). Have 3 piles now, kindling and small and larger firelogs. The vines provided so much kindling; enough to last us few years, probably enough to light 100 new fires. We can always grab a stack of dried kindling and wood when we go camping or light a firepit. I can take some pics and post later on.

P.S. I also inquired at the city fire department and they will allow firepits when you apply for a license, but not uncontrolled bonfires. At least now we have a reason to have all of this kindling and firewood and getting rid of it can be fun relaxing in the evenings around a nice fire.

 

[IronWing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEOQqnHMSMc










Incidentally, youtube allows that scene but censors the good one.

 

[DrPizza]

You need a license for a firepit?! Ickkk.

*Hmmm... It's only a little after 11pm. Maybe I'll go outside and start a nice little bonfire, and cook myself a s'more & enjoy a cold beer, unhindered by red tape.

 

[Jadow]

make a pile, let it dry out, then BURN! Have some friends over, cook some dinner, serve some beers, and BONFIRE MOFO!

 

[T_Yamamoto]

make a pile, let it dry out, then BURN! Have some friends over, cook some dinner, serve some beers, and BONFIRE MOFO!

This

 

[The Boston Dangler]

create ebay auctions for beanie babies, then stuff the poison ivy in the boxes.

 

[NetWareHead]

You need a license for a firepit?! Ickkk.

*Hmmm... It's only a little after 11pm. Maybe I'll go outside and start a nice little bonfire, and cook myself a s'more & enjoy a cold beer, unhindered by red tape.

Yeah we are within city limits. Firepits only are permitted, no bonfires. If bonfires were allowed, I would have piled all of the yard waste and not gone through the hassle of cutting everything to size. Burn it all at once and be done with it. Oh well, at least I have wood/kindling to go camping with and I'll be firepit shopping soon.

 

[Anubis]

You need a license for a firepit?! Ickkk.

*Hmmm... It's only a little after 11pm. Maybe I'll go outside and start a nice little bonfire, and cook myself a s'more & enjoy a cold beer, unhindered by red tape.

not everyone lives in the boonies like we do Doc

 

[DrPizza]

Yeah, I understand that. It makes perfect sense for very dense, urban areas. But, it seems that if you have a large enough space to have as much brush as he does, then grabbing one of those metal fire pits from the big box store and burning a few things in it in your back yard wouldn't be an issue - certainly not one where you have to apply for a permit to do.

 

[waggy]

a permit for a fire pit!? wow.

we have 2 fire pits. 1 for junk like the OP listed. WE burn branches that fall, leaves, grass etc.

the other we use with firewood.

 

[NetWareHead]

Well the good thing about the permit is that it lasts all year round and only costs a few bucks. Fire dept created a permit for homeowners with yards because many people were finding creative ways to skirt around the law. Fires were banned at one point but are allowed for cooking purposes so what people did was light a firepit or bonfire and then keep a pack of cheap hot dogs nearby so if the fire dept. showed up, "well we are cooking". Now fires are legal provided you have a permit. Bonfires aren't illegal either, I would rather do it in a firepit so I don't create a huge scorch mark on my back yard lawn.

note: to clarify, I reported in my prev posts that bonfires were illegal, with permit they are legal now too.

 

[BurnItDwn]

My solution is the same as many others, and not legal for you. Bonfire.

Otherwise, I would wrap it up in a big giant tarp, and drag it across the street to the swamp on the other side, and then dump all the yard waste over there.

 

[edro]

When I lived in the city, I had a tree fall in my back yard.
I chopped it up and burned it in the fire pit.
It took a few days, but I got it all burned up.

Laws can be broken during times of crisis.
I'm sure you're not the only person to burn yard waste with these recent storms.