CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I don’t have woods to blow it in, so we rake. I do have a gas blower, but it’s not a back pack blower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: Time to spend the money on a blower. You’ll get half your life back Meh it’s like once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: Time to spend the money on a blower. You’ll get half your life back To go to a craft beer bar. Yea I'll rake instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 This from someone who spent years shoveling a driveway and Blowing out elbows in doing so. . Kevin finally gave in and got a snow blower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Meh it’s like once a year. Unlike snow shoveling which took half his life lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: To go to a craft beer bar. Yea I'll rake instead. Which pile is bigger after raking.. the leaves or the dog poop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said: All that acidity is awful for the soil and ph. Never, ever do that. Unless you want a weed lawn… Not true Kevin, mulching leaves will barley change the PH, the benefits far outweigh any tiny PH change(adding organic matter, organic fert). Only thing with Oak leaves are they are a pain to mulch mow compared to like Maples which chop up easier. I mulch as much as I can and bag mow when it gets to thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Which pile is bigger after raking.. the leaves or the dog poop? Mix 'em together and it's like a game of Russian roulette when you jump in. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said: Not true Kevin, mulching leaves will barley change the PH, the benefits far outweigh any tiny PH change(adding organic matter, organic fert). Only thing with Oak leaves are they are a pain to mulch mow compared to like Maples which chop up easier. I mulch as much as I can and bag mow when it gets to thick. The only thing I clean up are my pear and apple leaves because they can carry fungal spores on the leaves and if I remulch them in it becomes a neverending cycle of leaf spot and crappier fruit. I don’t want a lot of non-native weeds, but I do like the dutch white clover. So I let that grow like wildfire and over the years it has spread throughout the lawn and helped the grass (and I assume nitrogen) as well. But yeah, I think mulching in healthy leaves has more positives than negatives. Nature generally knows what it’s doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: Mix 'em together and it's like a game of Russian roulette when you jump in. The scarecrows will scare off all visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said: Not true Kevin, mulching leaves will barley change the PH, the benefits far outweigh any tiny PH change(adding organic matter, organic fert). Only thing with Oak leaves are they are a pain to mulch mow compared to like Maples which chop up easier. I mulch as much as I can and bag mow when it gets to thick. I stand corrected. I always thought they harmed it. With an Oak forest here blowing is the only option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 The woman across the street said that as she looked at all the leaves on the ground this morning, she wasn't excited for the weeks ahead. She then added that she got a leaf blower this year--no more raking. She's pumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: I stand corrected. I always thought they harmed it. With an Oak forest here blowing is the only option Yea, with as many Oaks as you have mulching would be tough because Oak leaves are huge and hard to chop up small enough. I mean, I mulch mow when I can, but I also bag leaves too and have a backpack blower when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 20 minutes ago, moneypitmike said: The woman across the street said that as she looked at all the leaves on the ground this morning, she wasn't excited for the weeks ahead. She then added that she got a leaf blower this year--no more raking. She's pumped. We pump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Snow 1717 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: I rake. I also rake. Good exercise and it's great to be outdoors in the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Snow 1717 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 57 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: This from someone who spent years shoveling a driveway and Blowing out elbows in doing so. . Kevin finally gave in and got a snow blower. I still shovel Great exercise and I love being outside in the winter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 This drizzle isn’t making my day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Just blow 'em over the stonewall and you're done. One thing that I'm sure Kevin approves us, is that now that I live in suburbia, I do it several times rather than the 1-and-done approach I miss so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: This drizzle isn’t making my day none here.....sun peeking through, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 We partly sunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Drier air moving in from the east. Further west and southwest may take time to break up. To the east my brother to the east... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 17 minutes ago, moneypitmike said: Just blow 'em over the stonewall and you're done. One thing that I'm sure Kevin approves us, is that now that I live in suburbia, I do it several times rather than the 1-and-done approach I miss so much. Yup. Once a week until done. Sometimes twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Man next week is warm. May reinstall. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I don’t do any of it…. I have a 17 year old son. He mulches or puts the bag on the mower when too thick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Man next week is warm. May reinstall. 75-80 all week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: 75-80 all week Poor brentrich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 We sun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I pay some kids $250 to do it and I don't lose two weekends every fall and hit the golf course instead. I used to do a combination of chopping up leaves, bagging some and blowing some. Don't miss it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Sun and blue skies breaking out . Wheeeee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 One thing that sucks this year is we might have to clear leaves at my mother-in-law’s house. The guy who used to do it is all done (retired) and we have had trouble finding someone. There is no place to put the leaves. My departed father in law used to haul them miles away. I ain’t doing that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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