I've run everything dry of fuel except my blower and the rider, which I use during the winter to vacuum the leaves off the lawn and from the gutter along our property. From now until late next March it'll just be leaf duty. I say "just", but that's actually way more of a chore than mowing, edging, etc. during the summer. We're on the downhill end of our street, in a cul-de-sac, and every leaf from the 30+ Oak trees on our street ends up in our yard or along the curb in front of the house, so I need to do leaf duty once a week from now until next March, though I rarely do it that often. My early New Year's resolution is to keep up the yard on a more regular basis this winter. I might have to work in the yard more often, but it'll take less time each time if I keep up with it every week or two. I'd considered putting up silt fence around our yard this fall/winter to keep at least some of the leaves out, but my wife nipped that idea right in the bud.
Just finished the last cutting of the season.
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Give her the rake then
There are some wonderful (if pricey!$$$) commercial grade leaf and grass collection systems out there, maybe you can talk the SO into getting a good used one..good luck, it didn't work for me..:frown:
) commercial grade leaf and grass collection systems out there, maybe you can talk the SO into getting a good used one..good luck, it didn't work for me..:frown:There are some wonderful (if pricey!$$$
My JD rider does a really good job of picking up the leaves from the yard; and for the street I leave it at 3 inches for the first pass (and second if needed), or if they're built up thick along the curb I'll raise it to max height and then I set it to 1 1/2" on the final pass and can get almost all the remaining leaves in one more pass. I can usually get 98% of the leaves out of the street along our curb in three passes unless I let it go for a month. Beats the heck out of raking, especially when the wind kicks up. During the winter its windy a lot and sometimes an hour after I've done leaf duty it looks like I haven't picked them up in several weeks. I don't know if this will be our last home, but if its not I learned a valuable lesson, I won't buy a house again that is at the bottom of a hill in a cul-de-sac on the south end of a street lined with hardwoods.
That's not an option that's insanity. I can't in my wildest imagination think of anything that would make me move farther north than Atlanta. It gets too cold here for me in the winter and I hate snow, its nothing but a nuisance. I'd be in heaven in a climate that never dropped below 60 or went above 90 degrees.