I dont think that there is anything more that I hate then falling leaves. When they first start to fall, they are pretty, but that gets ugly pretty quickly.
Leaves to me are all those things in life that are wrong, things that you may have made mistakes on, etc and its all getting back at you. Leaves dont stop, once they start to fall and you find someone to get rid of them, they come back onto your lawn. You could clear your entire lawn of every leaf there was, you turn you back and there they are leaves averywhere!
Thats why sometimes I say I would rather deal with snow, you shovel it, its gone, at least until the next snow storm.
Not sure with leaves....
I gave up raking or blowing leaves on my lawn several years ago. I just continue to use my tractor and then my Honda Mower/Muluching to mince up those leaves. Lots of them fall into one of my drivewalls, so today I did battle with them. I mulched them up and down using my lawnmower. Now, a few people looked at me kinda of strange, because I was using my lawn mower up and down my driveway.... but it works.
One neighbor just smiled as I was doing this.. He said, I thought you were crazy two winters ago, using your leaf blower to get rid of snow of your patio, but I found out it does work, so, maybe I should start to mow my driveway
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I like the leafblower on snow, but I'd have to go out and do that about every 15 minutes during a Maine snow storm lol!
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Confucious say, "wise man mulch leaves with lawnmower"....
I am lucky as my property is on a northwest facing slope, windy days just blow the leaves away! Poof! Gone!
What leaves do decide to stay I mow into mulch!
"I have been told my statement or statements are not logical. Would Mr. Spock ride a bicycle down a wooded mountainside when there was a perfectly good stationary bike at home?" NOTICE: Please consult a real DOCTOR before doing anything that may hurt yourself or others! Please be careful!Medtronic SCS Placed May 4, 2009. Cervical, for chronic right shoulder, upper arm pain.
...you WOULD have to bring up leaves and raking...OUCH!
I had told Ron that last week I raked my entire yard, put the leaves in trash bags (six of them) pulled each one out of the trash can, and closed them up. I did it to save our lawn as we were expecting a ton of snow the next day.
I should NEVER have done that - it was one of the most painful experiences of my life.
And now, my friend Ron just had to bring up leaves and raking...
Cath
~ October 21, 2008 - ACDF, 3-level (C4/5, 5/6 6/7), with hardware and eight screws. All fused and hardware is stable.
~ January 6, 2010 - TLIF at L4/5, two rods and four pedicle screws.
~ July 2010 - New CT and MRI on cervical shows further problems above fusion at C2/3 and worst at C3/4.
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You have the mind of an engineer
always looking for the better mousetrap! Cool beans!
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2011 Update: Back to work since June.
Herniated disk (L5) no surgeries to date, super nasty nerve pain, left leg. 3 epidurals (Jan, Feb 09) (Short term relief) June 09, Second opinion from Ortho doc with new MRI -- not a surgery candidate -- referred to pain management doctor.
I've been doing that for years. I've got this old Snapper (brand) that can suck up a dog turd! The neighbors laugh at me wile I'm laughing at them.
We get the last best laugh, don't we???!!!
Jim
You get what you get, It has nothing to do with what you deserve!........I stole that from Susan
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Today is yours to embrace, as tomorrow, Who knows what will be starring you in the face
I got sick and tired of raking. On an acre plus lot that is a lot of leaves. It is heavily wooded. I use a blower to coral the things then a mulcher to grind them up. The ground up stuff goes in bags and off to the land fill. Some I use to spread around areas I want to choke out weeds.
• The only valid excuse you have to give up is if you are dead.