Ironic that, after all that freezing, today thru Friday will enjoy temps well into the 70s!! Then - the bottom falls out and I mean fall. If only I can get at least the leaves done before the cold, wind and rains come.
So today I raked and raked and raked. Then I wacked and wacked and wacked. Then I dragged the shreds and started mulching the ring bed.
It took me until nearly 5:00 pm to make all the piles and then shred up just the 6 HUGE piles on the driveway. (The pictures don't do justice to just how big and solid those piles were.)
I'm getting too old for this.
I 'discovered' cider this September and am a total convert. So much so, you might want to check out what's going on in the basement this month! (Click each step.)
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Meanwhile, until that little experiment pans out, I'll just have to rely on the Brits. *sip* Ah! That's the stuff.
God save the Queen! :-D
Can't you just mow the leaves? A mower with a bagger would make the job so much easier. Then you could just dump the chopped up leaves where you want them. I used that method when I lived near the Canadian border in NY and had 100 year old maples in my yard. The cider sounds tasty! I could go for a bottle right now. :o)
ReplyDeleteThe mower does have a bagger. But the mower is small. So is the bag. One swipe and the bag is full. Then there is wrestling THAT on and off the mower. Truly - it is way more painful to use it than raking/mowing the leaves into piles, then dragging them to other locations.
DeleteI'm hoping my basement experiment ends up tasty.
LOL, what a mess! But, what's that they say??? You gotta break some eggs to make an omelet.
ReplyDeleteUm -- what omelet here?
DeleteI don't do leaves.....period. I mow in swaths getting progressively closer to the beds on the ejection side. What is left just biodegrades.
ReplyDeleteThere are no trees/leaves in the back of the property -- but that's where the beds are, so I have to harvest from the front and side and take them to the back.
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