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The 1,000 Households Who Mulch project is an expansion and iteration of a 22-household pilot completed in 2020 which challenged households to mulch and compost as much as possible and only put the excess leaves out for collection by the yard waste crew. You can read about the 2020 effort at https://bloomington.in.gov/innovate/2....
Read more about the 1,000 Households Who Mulch 2021 effort at https://bloomington.in.gov/innovate/2....
A
I
want
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
who
we
have
joining
us
here
tonight.
As
I
mentioned,
my
name
is
dave
de
kidd,
I'm
the
director
of
innovation
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
We
also
have
christy
lindbergh.
She
is
with
our
city
of
bloomington
utility
storm
water
and
she
will
be
available
after
the
presentation
to
talk
with
you
about
stormwater
grants
and
adopted
drain
programs.
A
We
also
have
joe
winia
he's
from
the
citizens
advisory
committee
for
the
monroe
county,
solid
waste
management
district
he's
been
a
really
key
member
of
some
of
some
of
our
subcommittee's
that
are
leading
this
project.
We
also
have
jillian
fields
jillian.
If
you
want
to
wave,
if
any
of
you
have
been
involved
at
all
in
anything
having
to
do
with
invasive
plants
in
monroe
county,
you
know
julian
she's,
coming
to
us
from
the
monroe
county,
identify
and
reduce
invasive
species,
also
known
as
m.c
iris.
A
Jillian
is
also
on
one
of
our
subcommittees
for
this
group,
and
we
also
have
andrea
and
ryan
conway
from
earth
keepers.
Bloomington
compost
they've
got
their
yard
sign
going
up
there.
They
are
one
of
our
our
project,
partners,
proud
project
partners
and
we'll
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
right
now,
our
most
important
project
partner
is
you.
We
couldn't
do
this
without
the
residents.
Our
city
council
has
been
talking
about
the
possibility
of
experimenting
whether
or
not
composting
and
mulching
could
displace
some,
if
not
all,
of
our
vacuum
leaf
collection
service.
A
Now
we
are
making
history
we're
actually
doing
it,
so
we
could
not
do
it
without
you.
We
couldn't
test
this
out.
Of
course,
the
office
of
innovation,
public
works
is
our
sponsor
for
this,
and
we
also
have
parks
and
rec
and
the
city
of
bloomington
utilities
as
partners
as
well
as
all
of
these
other
amazing
members
of
our
community.
I
mean
just
look
at
that
level
of
participation.
A
We
have
some
independent
companies.
We
have
indiana
universities,
farm
we've
got
a
bunch
of
non-profits
in
there
and
we've
got
some
county
representation
as
well.
I'm
really
proud
of
the
diversity
of
the
participation
that
we've
got
from
our
community,
so
tonight
we
are
for
the
first
20
or
so
minutes.
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
on
the
project.
A
What
you
can
expect
as
a
participant
in
terms
of
how
to
contribute
and
then
also
how
you'll
be
supported
through
this
and
we'll
talk
about
the
next
steps
after
you've
been
given
that
introductory
information
from
about
7
30
to
8
we're
going
to
field
questions
from
you,
so
we're
hoping
that
the
bulk
of
our
meeting
tonight
is
going
to
be
questions.
Coming
from
you
at
any
point
in
the
presentation
you
can
enter
your
questions
into
the
chat.
A
Safety
reasons,
some
of
the
things
that
we've
learned
during
the
pandemic
is
just
to
be
really
careful
with
who
we
allow
to
speak
during
an
online
meeting,
so
we'll
be
collecting
your
information
and
we'll
be
responding
to
those
in
a
we'll
respond
to
the
the
questions
that
we've
collected
from
chat
and
if
we've
got
some
extra
time.
Hopefully
we
will
then
we'll
be
able
to
hear
from
both
christie
lindbergh
about
stormwater
and
adopt
a
drain,
and
also
from
jillian
about
mciris.
A
So
a
little
bit
of
context.
Bloomington
is
a
proud
tree
city.
In
fact,
in
2021
we
were
named
a
tree
city
of
the
world
by
the
arbor
day
foundation,
and
what
that
means
is
we
got
a
ton
of
trees
and
when
you
have
a
ton
of
trees,
you
got
a
ton
of
leaves
and
they
need
to
be
managed
in
some
way,
or
else
they
end
up
everywhere.
A
Also,
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
this
project
came
to
be,
and
some
of
the
groundwork
that
we
did
for
it.
But
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
in
2020
was
to
release
a
survey
to
residents.
381
residents
took
the
survey
and
60
percent
of
them
said
that
the
timing
of
the
current
vacuum
collection
system
is
is
not
where
they
would
like
it
to
be
so.
30
said
the
vacuum
trucks
arrived
too
early
in
the
season,
even
sometimes
before
the
leaves
have
fallen.
Another
30
percent
said
they
come
too
late.
A
The
leaves
have
already
fallen
and
frozen
in
place
and
killed
all
my
grass
and
then,
of
course,
30
said
it's
great
leave
it
just
like
it
is,
but
in
the
meantime,
as
leaves,
are
raked
to
the
edge
of
a
property.
A
passing
bus
or
a
bicyclist
or
car
can
suck
them
into
the
road
to
the
sidewalks
into
the
storm
drains,
and
so
keeping
them
out
of
the
roads
and
the
sidewalks.
A
And,
of
course,
out
of
the
storm
drains
is
a
big
goal,
and
unfortunately,
this
is
a
picture
of
her
of
our
deer
kirkwood
avenue
just
this
year.
The
flooding
and
mulching
and
composting
would
not
have
stopped
this
flood.
However,
I
do
want
to
make
the
point
that
our
leaves
when
we
are
able
to
mulch
and
compost
them.
A
It
creates
a
supportive
environment
for
our
pollinators,
and
ever
since
jerry
seinfeld
did
the
bee
movie,
people
became
more
and
more
aware
of
how
important
it
is
to
have
pollinators
in
our
ecosystem.
It's
free
fertilizer.
It
can
help
you
control
weeds
and
also
help
improve
your
soil
health.
It
can
reduce
the
spread
of
invasive
seeds.
A
I
mentioned
before
it
acts
as
little
sponges
and
slows
the
flow
of
water
to
storm
drains
and
also
keeps
the
leaves
out
of
the
storm
drain,
so
that
they're,
not
clogged,
and
I
get
the
opportunity
to
work
with
our
assistant
director
of
sustainability
from
time
to
time
and
something
that
comes
up
often
is
that
climate
change
feels
so
huge,
so
overwhelming
and
mulching
and
composting
is
one
thing
that
we
can
do
some
people
ask.
Well
what
can
I
as
an
individual
do?
A
This
is
actually
one
of
those
things
that
we
can
do
so
once
the
city
council
said
hey.
Can
we
look
into
this
that
the
cost
of
this
and
the
fact
that
it's
not
really
aligned
with
our
climate
action
plan
goals
for
the
city,
then
the
mayor,
the
deputy
mayor
and
the
director
of
public
works
came
together
and
said:
hey
this
might
be
a
good
innovation
project.
A
A
We
also
looked
around
to
other
cities
around
the
nation
who
are
similarly
leafy
to
us,
and
we
asked
what
are
you
guys
doing
to
manage
your
leaves?
We
also
some
of
you
may
have
participated
in
some
of
these.
In
september,
we
had
community
engagement
meetings
where
we
took
all
of
the
information
from
the
survey
and
from
the
interviews
and
from
the
research
that
we
had
done
with
other
cities,
and
we
had
really
generative
conversations
with
our
community
about
what
might
we
try
and
from
all
of
that
information
came
these
prototypes.
A
There
were
four
ideas
that
we
thought
might
be
doable,
so
we
engaged
with
a
couple
of
households-
and
we
said:
hey,
let's
try
this
out
and
a
couple
of
them
just
fell
flat
on
their
face.
They
were
total
failures,
but
two
of
them
mulching
in
place
and
composting
and
then
putting
the
excess
out
in
yard.
Waste
bags
seems
like
it
would
be
a
doable
idea.
So
we
created
a
pilot
with
22
households
to
mulch
and
compost
as
much
as
possible
and
then
put
the
excess
out
in
yard
waste
bags.
A
A
So
we
identified
one
barrier,
which
is
that
some
folks
may
need
some
help.
Raking
and
bagging
their
leaves,
because
understandably,
raking
leaves
into
a
bag,
is
more
difficult
than
raking
it
to
the
edge
of
your
property,
and
we
also
heard
from
people
that
they
would
like
more
information,
especially
if
it's
information
that's
specific
to
bloomington
about
tree
species
about
what
can
and
can't
be
composted.
They
just
needed
a
little
bit
more
hand
holding
some
of
the
additional
findings
that
came
out
of
this.
Some
unexpected
things
were
that
neighbors
started
helping
one
another.
A
There
would
be
a
pilot's
yard
sign
in
the
front
yard
and
another
neighbor
would
come
by
and
say:
what's
that
yard
sign
mean
and
when
the
person
would
tell
them,
then
they
said
wow
I'd
like
to
try
that
too
and
they
started
helping
one
another.
I
heard
a
story
because,
during
that
22
household
pilot,
I
was
issuing
weekly
surveys
to
ask
the
participants
how's
it
going
what's
working,
what's
not
working.
What
are
you
finding
and
a
couple
of
households
said?
I
saw
that
my
neighbor
was
starting
to
rake
and
I
told
them.
A
A
A
This
is
a
little
bit
of
background
about
the
program
for
any
of
you
who
have
been
visiting
here.
You
can
see
you
can
click
here
to
see
how
well
we're
doing
towards
our
goal,
which
is
great
we're
over
25
percent.
I
love
it.
You
can
also
check
to
see
the
live,
updated
chart
of
participating
neighborhoods.
This
is
also
really
interesting.
So,
look
at
this
parkridge
east
has
35
participants
now,
which
is
amazing.
A
Prior
to
this
week,
brian
park
was
in
the
lead
and
look
at
that
with
21
people.
We've
got
a
number
of
different
neighborhoods
ardent
place.
Blue
ridge,
broadview
elm
heights
is,
has
been
a
contender
this
whole
way
through.
So
this
is
where
you
can
go
to
check
and
see.
How
is
my
neighborhood
doing,
and
can
I
cheerlead
a
little
bit
more
enthusiastically
to
get
more
people
involved?
A
A
A
If
I
can
there
we
go
so
that
is
our
project
page.
So
when
you
hear
me
talk
about
the
project
page,
that's
what
I'm
talking
about.
So
it
has
the
baseline
survey,
the
faqs
that
I
showed
you.
It
also
has
information
for
joining
a
closed
facebook
group,
and
this
is
something
that
was
a
request
by
a
resident.
A
They
said,
would
it
be
possible
for
us
to
have
an
electronic
way
to
have
that
peer-to-peer
connection,
whether
that
is
for
sharing
knowledge
and
experience
or
whether
that
is
saying
I've
got
some
extra
leaves?
Would
anybody
like
them-
or
I
would
like
to
take
some
extra
leaves?
This
is
the
way
that
you
can
do
that
it
also
has
a
calendar
for
hands-on
demonstrations.
A
A
There's
a
request
form
if
you
want
an
individual
yard
consultation,
if
you're
not
sure
where
to
put
a
compost
bin
or
where
to
even
start,
you
can
request
the
services
of
a
yard
consultation,
we're
also
working
in
conjunction
with
the
the
soil
and
water
conservation
district
of
indiana
trying
to
get
soil
health
assessments.
They
offered
this
and
we're
still
trying
to
work
out
the
logistics.
So
that's
something
that
we
may
also
be
able
to
offer:
there's
a
request
form
for
yard
waste
bags
and
yard
waste
bag
holders.
A
Then
there's
a
form
on
there
for
you
to
request
that
you
can
also
request
assistance
with
physical
help
with
raking
and
bagging
we're
partnering,
with
a
couple
of
non-profits
in
town
to
offer
volunteer
assistance
for
this
just
to
try
it
out
and
see
if
that's
something
that
could
be
sustainable
for
the
future
and
then
finally,
the
request
form
when
it
comes
time
in
late
december.
If
you
would
still
like
that
on-demand
option,
then
you
can.
You
can
request
that
there
as
well.
A
There
are
some
pretty
tasty
perks
for
participating
in
this,
the
first
of
which
is
any
participants
all
the
way.
Through
the
ends
of
september
1st,
you
get
a
half
off
of
the
earth
keepers.
Compost
drop
off,
that's
the
the
period
where
that
perk
is
available
is
from
september
through
december,
and
the
earthkeepers
compost
folks
are
here,
and
if
you
have
any
questions
about
how
that
will
work,
then
they'll
be
happy
to
tell
you.
A
I
am
giving
them
access
to
the
people
who
have
signed
up
for
this
program
and
they
will
contact
you
directly
to
say
this
is
a
perk
that
is
being
offered.
Would
you
like
it?
You
don't
have
to
take
it,
but
if
you
would
like
it,
then
they'll
give
you
a
code
and
tell
you
how
to
access
their
services.
If
you
have
any
other
questions,
then
then
they're
here
for
you
to
ask
a
question
a
bit
later
on
also
I
mentioned
yard
waste
bags.
A
Anybody
who
wants
yard
waste
bags
can
get
them
and
if
you're,
one
of
the
first
300
households
which
all
of
you
are
then
you're
eligible
to
get
a
one
of
these
leaf,
buddies,
lawn
chutes,
they
help
keep
the
bag
standing
up
or
you
could
lay
it
down
and
rake
into
it.
And
then
the
mouth
of
it
is
like
a
big
funnel
and
it
just
helps
you
get
more
bags
into
the
leaves.
A
Bloomington
compost
drop
off
enclosures
right
in
their
neighborhood.
So
if
you
don't
want
to
handle
the
complexity
of
composting
using
kitchen
waste,
you
can
use
this.
This
drop
off
and
it'll
be
within
walking
distance
instead
of
driving
distance,
the
top
10
neighborhoods
who
win
their
match-ups.
When
you
registered
for
this
program,
you
were
offered
the
opportunity
to
challenge
another
neighborhood
for
who
can
set
out
the
fewest
number
of
yard
waste
bags
per
participant
and
the
top
10
neighborhoods
who
win
their
their
challenge.
A
Match-Ups
will
be
offered
a
kind
of
a
garden
in
a
box,
and
your
options
will
be
native
plants,
a
pollinator
garden
or
a
rain
garden,
and
if
you
are
one
of
the
ambitious
neighborhoods
that
had
that's
involved
in
a
number
of
different
match-ups,
then
you'll
you'll
be
offered
the
opportunity
to
win
one
of
these
of
these
gardens
and
we
do
have
an
exciting
grand
prize.
The
neighborhood,
with
the
lowest
average
number
of
yard
waste
bags
set
out
for
collection
by
participants,
gets
a
pizza
party
pizza
for
a
hundred
people.
A
A
We
have
a
little
bit
more
than
one
month
and
that's
lots
and
lots
of
time
in
order
to
make
sure
that
you
are
in
the
running
for
this.
So
what
are
your
next
steps?
Keep
inviting
people
to
register
registration
closes
at
midnight
on
the
1st
of
september
on
the
project
page
answer
the
baseline
information
survey.
A
Our
first
demo
is
going
to
be
on
wednesday
of
next
week
at
the
community
orchard.
If
you
haven't
been
there,
it's
an
amazing
place.
It's
beautiful,
it's
peaceful,
it's
referred
to
as
an
edible
public
park
which
piqued
my
curiosity,
it's
just
gorgeous
and
they
have
a
composting
expert.
There
who's
going
to
be
talking
about
how
the
orchard
does
their
composting
on
the
project
page,
there's
a
link
to
a
calendar
with
all
of
the
demos
and
we've
got
at
least
one
a
week
starting
next
week,
keep
on
looking
at
your
email
for
the
thursday
updates.
A
A
A
A
A
Someone
says
how
have
I
not
known
about
the
existence
of
the
leaf
buddy,
all
these
years,
yeah,
it's
pretty
great.
I
got
one
just
to
try
it
out.
There
are
a
couple
of
different
models
and
the
model
that
we're
using
is
one
that
you
can
get
from
lowe's
and
it's
it's
it's
it's
wonderful,
it's
so
elegant
and
simple
in
its
design,
and
I
was
really
happy
that
we
found
them
and
that
we
were
able
to
get
them.
A
Oh
wonderful,
we've
got
some.
We've
got
some
great
people
involved
in
this.
Our
mayor.
We
have
our
state
senator
shelly
yoder.
We
have
one
of
our
council
members,
isabel
piedmont,
smith,
also
involved
in
this
program.
So
people
who
are
involved
in
the
creation
of
policy
are
involved
in
this,
and
I
find
that
really
really
exciting.
A
Jim
olsen
asks:
is
there
a
type
of
composting
bin?
That's
helpful
for
larger
amounts
of
leaves,
and
in
our
the
faqs
that
are
on
the
project
page.
You
can
see
some
examples
of
the
three
bin
concept
that
most
of
the
composting
experts
recommend,
and
we
will
also,
through
our
partnership
with
monroe
county
parks,
actually
be
building
compost
bins
out
of
pallets.
We
also
have
some
resources
and
faqs
for
where
you
can
find
free,
pellets
around
town
and
someone
says,
rather
than
use
green
grass
lawns
to
cover
the
ground.
A
A
I
was
walking
to
dinner
from
city
hall
to
blooming
foods
just
down
the
way,
and
I
was
looking
at
the
beautiful
native
plants
that
we
have
on
one
side
and
then
we've
got
some
lovely
lawn
on
the
other
side
and
having
that
lawn
allows
us
to
have
people
gathering,
so
we've
got
kind
of
those.
Those
steps
that
are
that
make
kind
of
an
amphitheater
in
front
of
city
hall,
and
it's
it's
lovely-
to
have
those
combination
of
them
and
we
don't
necessarily
have
to
rake
the
the
lawn
completely
clean.
A
A
I'm
so
happy
for
this
question,
because
we
have
done
an
amazing
job
of
curating,
this
wonderful,
wonderfully
rich
content
from
the
soil
and
water
conservation
district
from
the
citizens,
advisory
council
from
the
monroe
county,
solid
waste
management,
district
from
earth
keepers,
compost,
lots
of
different
sources
of
information,
and
so
I'd
like
to
direct
you
to
that
project
page
and
the
faqs
that
are
on
there.
If
you
don't
find
your
question
answered,
then
you
can
either
email
me.
My
contact
information
will
be
also
on
the
project
page
or
you
can
join
the
closed.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
these
questions.
This
is
great,
and
I
know
I'm
pointing
you
to
those
resources.
The
pilot
program
is
going
to
be
for
a
couple
of
months,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
are
that
you're
using
the
materials
that
are
there
and
that
are
available.
So
these
are
not
plants
in
the
chat
here.
These
are
real
people
who
are
asking
these
questions
and
allowing
me
to
tell
you
about
the
great
work
that
our
steering
team
and
our
subcommittees
have
been
doing.
A
A
B
B
C
B
And
then
we
do
have
a
residential
stormwater
grants
program
and
that's
where
we
offer
money
to
those
that
have
single
family
homes
and
pay
our
our
storm
water
fee.
It's
a
way
of
giving
back
and
working
with
people
to
help
solve
their
stormwater
challenges.
As
we
like
to
say,
that
program
has
been
in
existence
from
2019,
2020
2021
and
we're
going
we're
working
on
2022.
Now,
both
of
these,
as
you
can
see,
have
websites,
I
encourage
you
to
visit
them
and,
in
addition,
we
are
working
on
a
new
program.
B
Thanks
to
all
the
input
that
we've
received
from
citizens,
it's
kind
of
a
proactive
way
to
address
our
our
challenges
before
us,
including
those
with
our
changing
climate,
and
that
would
be
the
stormwater
education
series.
That's
in
the
works
right
now
we're
in
the
process
of
putting
together
a
little
steering
committee
and
things
are
going
very
well.
I
recognize
some
faces
here
tonight.
B
B
B
A
D
Yeah,
thank
you
dave
da
good
evening.
Everybody
yeah
mciris
is
a
non-profit
group
in
monroe
county
and
we
help
people
learn
about
invasive
plants
and
what
that
means
to
our
our
forests,
our
wetlands,
our
web
of
life,
and
we
like
to
start
with
maybe
meeting
people
in
person,
maybe
meeting
people
at
an
event
and
offering
some
of
our
services.
For
example,
we
have
a
toolkit
loan
program
that
you
can
borrow
tools
from
us.
We
have
eight
kits
available
in
bloomington.
D
We
offer
a
free
land
survey
to
look
at
your
property
and
help
you
identify
which
plants
are
invasive
which
are
native
which
to
encourage
you
to
remove
and
control
and
which
plants
to
applaud,
which
will
be
the
native
plants,
and
so
we
are
very
active
in
bloomington
we
partner
with
lots
of
different
organizations.
One
of
them
is
city
of
bloomington
parks
and
rec
in
the
hoosier
national
forest,
where
we
actually
do
hands-on,
hands-on,
removing
of
invasive
plants.
You
work
alongside
people
who
are
botanists
who
know
their
plants,
and
I
find
it.
D
D
One.
That
of
course,
is
dear
to
my
heart,
is
that
when
we
actually
keep
the
leaves
on
our
own
property,
we're
not
sending
them
off
in
a
great
big
truck
to
be
dispersed
somewhere
else
in
the
city,
and
that
means
we're
not
sending
off
our
seeds
and
our
berries
that
are
from
our
invasive
plants
on
our
own
property.
D
So
it's
a
it's
a
big
plus
for
keeping
our
invasive
plants
a
little
more
isolated
in
our
on
our
property
and
not
spreading
them,
and
that's
that's
a
great
plus
because
that's
where
we're
at
we're
at
trying
to
keep
seed,
spread
from
spreading
and
popping
up
in
other
people's
yards
and
then
then
they're
spread
by
birds,
flooding
the
wind.
So
it's
very
important
that
we're
isolating
them
so
love
this
program,
love
working
with
all
of
you.
D
Thank
you
for
partnering
you're,
making
a
really
big
difference
by
either
expanding
on
what
you
already
do
and
that's
mulching.
The
leaves
on
your
property
or
your
composting,
or
this
is
the
first
time
that
you've
stepped
into
this,
so
know
that
it's
a
layer,
there's
lots
of
layers,
and
I
learn
all
the
time.
I
don't
learn
everything
on
the
first
sweep.
D
So
I
think
that's
an
important
thing
just
to
remind
everybody
that
we're
at
different
parts
of
learning
about
conservation
and
what
we
can
do
on
our
in
our
own
yards
and,
like
debtor
said
a
little
earlier.
Referencing
doug
was
telling
me
that
one
yard
is
connected
to
the
next
and
that
makes
up
a
lot
of
neighbor
a
lot
of
people
in
our
neighborhoods
across
the
city
across
the
country,
so
people
everywhere
are
learning
and
stretching
themselves.
So
thank
you
and
if
you've
got
any
questions,
I'd
love
to
answer
them
specifically.
A
A
Oh
that's,
great
yeah
yael
is
mentioning
that
making
sure
that
everybody
knows
that
you
don't
have
to
be
an
expert
to
get
involved
in
this,
that
anyone
at
any
level,
and
hopefully
the
thousand
households
who
mulch
the
through
the
resources
that
we're
providing
in
some
of
the
the
yard
consultations
the
hands-on
demos,
hopefully
we're
lowering
those
barriers.
So
if
you
know
people
who
are
master
mulchers
and
they
think
that
they
don't
want
to
participate,
we
still
want
feedback
from
them.
A
D
D
We
removed
thousands
and
thousands
of
trees
in
bloomington
in
our
parks
in
our
neighborhoods,
and
that's
can
you.
I
don't
even
know
what
how
many
seeds
we
would
have
prevented
from
being
spread,
and
then
this
year
we
have
the
purple
winter.
Creeper
is
our
plant
to
focus
on
this
year.
It's
a
vine!
So
again
it
doesn't
have
to
be.
You
don't
have
to
learn
everything
all
at
once.
It
can
just
be
a
step-by-step
process,
so
we
we're
all
hoping
that
you
can
apply
that
to
mulching
and
composting.
A
A
Christine
and
I
we
have
some
really
active
and
passionate
people
involved
in
both
the
steering
team
and
a
number
of
our
subcommittees.
One
of
them
is
joe
winia,
who
is
our
citizens
advisory
council
representative
to
the
monroe
county,
solid
waste
management
district
and
joe?
Would
you
like
to
say
any
remarks
before
we
conclude
tonight?
Yeah.
C
That
would
be
great.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
dave.
Thank
you
for
everyone
who's
attending.
I
did
just
want
to
speak
a
little
bit
more
to
that
question.
That
came
up
earlier
about
giving
an
overview
for
the
mulching
process
and
the
space
required.
How
often
to
turn
other
considerations
and
something
that
I
think
everyone
can
benefit
from
knowing
especially
beginner
mulcher
and
composters
as
well.
Is
that
the
answer
generally
to
all
of
those
things
is?
It
depends
because
there
are
a
lot
of
factors.
C
You
know,
there's
a
lot
of
different
amounts
of
leaves
and
a
lot
of
different
environments,
and
the
good
thing
that
I
think
everyone
can
know
is
that
there
are
a
couple
of
really
basic
overarching
rules,
and
that
is
one
you
pretty
much
can't
do
anything
wrong,
because
everything
will
always
decompose
and
the
other
is.
It
depends
on
how
much
effort
you
want
to
put
into
it.
C
That's
probably
the
biggest
consideration
is
you:
can
you
can
literally
just
leave
them
in
place
which
I've
done
in
my
own
yard
since
last
fall
and
I've
had
things
decompose
right
where
they
land
and
then
I
use
other
leaves
in
my
active
kitchen,
scrap
composting
pile
and
that
only
has
taken
up.
I
don't
know
probably
two
cubic
feet
from
the
entire
last
six
months
that
I've
been
doing
it.
C
A
C
A
Okay,
this
one
sustainable
okay.
Would
you
put
that
in
the
chat
to
everybody
sure
jill
is
jillian.
You
might
look
into
the
chat
jill
says
that
she
is
overrun
by
invasive
honeysuckle
and
she
doesn't
have
the
ability
to
remove
it
herself
or
pay
other
people.
So
if
it's
possible
to
direct
some
wranglers
over
to
her
property,
she'd
be
very
interested
in
that,
and
we
also
have
a
question
about
whether
or
not
it's
a
myth
that
leaves
kill
grass
joe
I'm
wondering
if
you
would
like
to
address
that.
C
A
D
Thank
you
dave
to
I'd
like
to
just
I
know
I
jotted
down
jill's
name,
and
I
think
a
lot
of
people
might
feel
that
way
that
they
have,
they
feel
maybe
overwhelmed.
Angela
van
roy
with
hand,
housing
and
neighborhood
development.
She
can
hand
us
a
partner
with
mciris
we.
We
know
that
we
work
better
when
we
work
together
on
projects,
and
that
applies
to
neighborhoods
too,
when
we
help
each
other.
We
have
noticed
that
we
can
get
more
done.
D
D
So
to
that
effect,
we
have
partnered
with
hand,
and
we
have
there's
a
there's
a
grant
and
it's
a
grant
that
works
as
a
grant
that
supports
neighborhoods
within
the
city
limits
to
remove
their
invasive
plants
and
plant
natives.
So
it's
actually
there's
actually
money
to
help.
You
do
that
and
it's
also
a
community
builder
too.
D
What
do
I
really
have?
How
difficult
is
it
really
and
how
do
we
prioritize
like
which
which
group
of
plants
is
the
best
for
me
to
start
working
on
and
do
I
need
a
work
day
with
my
neighbors
and
that's
a
few
neighbors.
A
few
neighborhoods
have
done
that
my
own
neighborhood
grandview
hills.
We
received
a
grant
last
year
during
2020,
so
that
was
a
bit
of
a
that
was
a
great
example
of
wondering
how
we
could
all
work
together
and
be
socially
distance.
D
This
year,
elm
heights
received
a
grant
and
is
working
on
purple
winter
creeper
and
blue
ridge.
Neighborhood
also
is
working
on
a
grant
this
year
to
remove
asian
bush
honeysuckle
and
they
both
neighborhoods,
are
doing
excellent,
so
it's
a
wage
ill
to
help
you
and
help
your
neighborhood
and
then
help
with
the
with
learning
how
to
control
specific
invasives
and
how
to
dispose
of
them.
So
I
hope
I
hope
we
can
meet
and
talk
about
it.
Thank
you.
A
Thanks
jillian,
it
looks
like
a
couple
of
people
have
experience
with
those
grants.
I
know
that
blue
ridge
also
recently
did
a
work
day
and
neighbors
were
helping
neighbors.
So
that's
really
that's
really
inspirational,
and
I
love
that
that
connection,
especially
post
covid.
You
know
we
have
an
opportunity
to
connect
with
each
other
outside
wonderful.
A
Well,
thank
you
to
everybody
again
for
spending
some
time
with
us
on
thursday,
and
thank
you
thank
you
for
joining
a
thousand
households
who
mulch
please
keep
on
encouraging
people
to
join
the
more
diverse
group
of
people
that
we
can
get
to
join.
Then
the
better
data
that
we
have
to
understand.
Whether
or
not
this
is
a
possibility
to
move
forward
at
the
scale
of
the
entire
city.
A
That
is
the
project
page
and
please
continue
to
access
the
project
page
and
keep
on
looking
in
your
email
inbox
for
the
thursday
update,
because
that's
where
the
latest
and
greatest
information
will
be
posted
to
thanks.
Everybody
and
please
do
connect
with
with
with
all
of
us
in
the
future
and
yeah
corey
wren
says:
let's
mulch
it
and
I
completely
agree,
have
a
good
night.