It is a common practice to bag grass clippings and remove them to somewhere else.  This just doesn’t make sense, for many reasons.   You can save yourself time and hassle, and also provide necessary nutrients to your lawn, if you remove the bagger and let the clippings stay in the grass.

Bagging and removing grass clippings is a major hassle.  When we use the bagger on our lawn, it takes us almost twice as long to finish mowing as when we just let the mulching blades do their job.  It can also be costly to pay for removal of grass clippings, if you live in the city and do not have a compost pile.

When you remove grass clippings, you are depriving your lawn of much-needed nutrients.  The cut grass can decompose into your lawn, providing nitrogen and other nutrients that will help keep your lawn looking green.  This can allow you to do away with commercial fertilizers, or at least cut down on how much you need to use.

If you wait long between mowing, grass clippings can be too long and create a mess of your lawn, but if you mow frequently, you won’t even notice those clippings as the nestle down within the blades and get to work feeding your lawn.

So if you’re tired of the hassle of bagging your lawn, and want to work to eliminate at least some commercial fertilizers, remove the bagger and see how much time you can save by letting nature take care of some of the work.