Forest Keepers Free Mulch

About Forest Keepers Free Mulch

Under the bare bur oaks of Lawrence's older neighborhoods, a fresh snow behaves differently than it does out in the open — caught in branches, dropped later in clumps, keeping the sidewalks below in shadow long after the sun-struck streets nearby have dried off. Forest Keepers Free Mulch clears those same sidewalks and driveways once a storm has passed, working the tree-lined blocks between downtown and the river where the canopy holds the cold in place. It's patient, door-to-door work — a driveway here, a walkway there, extra attention wherever the shade keeps ice going past noon. Lawrence in winter carries a particular hush to it, especially in the stretch before students are back out walking to class, streets quiet enough to hear a shovel two houses down. Clearing a path under those old trees is modest work, but it's what makes the corner easy to reach again.