Free is good. Delivered free is even better!
When I lived in the northeast I would let my (certain select) neighbors (with lots of maple and a few oak trees) know that if they wanted they could drop off all their bagged leaves in my front yard. I also reminded them that if they used their lawn mower to chop up the leaves, they could use less bags.
The chopped up leaves went directly into the compost bins and I returned the empty bags. The fluffy black plastic bags of uncut leaves I stacked all along three sides of my house foundation to add a layer of insulation to our chilly basement.
