Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"Shopdog" wrote in message
Is this going to be a mistake?
Yes

As in already is?

How long is it going to take for the leaves
to decompose so its a decent mulch for the play area?

Never, IMO

Don't know what you have in mind as mulch for play, but leaves ain't
gonna' be suitable imo. When they do decompose they'll turn into mush
and will be a wet mess/mass when wet before they do.

As someone else said, you're only hope would have been to have been able
to have selectively had them blow the actual wood chips where you wanted
w/o the smaller branches and leaves but maple wouldn't have been a very
good choice even then as it doesn't have good weathering properties and
will rot sooner to turn into more dirt than later...

I think you got stuck w/ getting rid of the neighbor's problem...

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