November Discussion

[CoastalWx]

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yup. We on the same page. You’ve got to keep up with them. I’ll ask anti blower guys like Ginx and Scoots who like to rake due to the noise hurting their ear drums. How exactly would they suggest I clean off my deck? Should I scoop them all up by hand . Should I rake n scoop ? And then what comes next? Get garbage cans? Stuff them into Hefty bags ?  1-2 hours of work .. Or do I throw on the Stihl backpack 600 and blow them off the deck onto the lawn disaster in under 5 minutes and blow the whole shebang the hell into the woods.

I blow them off. I'm not anti leaf blower. I may just put them in a pile and have someone pick them up. 

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Kevin, is there water behind your house in the woods there? I zoomed in and it looks like there’s a pond/swamp there behind your property?  

If you go straight back from the shed .. about 1/3 acre back .. there’s a stream that in normal years dries up . This year with over 62” of rain … it’s been flowing all spring , summer and fall 

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

10-18-09

Ahh 09-10 winter….those parachutes and the December big one for eastern areas was about it, and then it was the snowmageddon for the mid Atlantic while we got shut out.  

[CoastalWx]

It's Fall though and I don't care. Let the leaves bury the yard.

[CoastalWx]

Just now, WinterWolf said:

Ahh 09-10 winter….those parachutes and the December big one for eastern areas was about it, and then it was the snowmageddon for the mid Atlantic while we got shut out.  

We had another good one just after NY. Long duration event, but that was mostly ern areas for the bigger amounts. 

[forkyfork]

blowing into the woods is way better than bagging and letting them rot in a landfill 

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

If you go straight back from the shed .. about 1/3 acre back .. there’s a stream that in normal years dries up . This year with over 62” of rain … it’s been flowing all spring , summer and fall 

So that water I see is a stream…wow. Ya it Definitely had plenty of water from the sky this year for sure. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Just now, forkyfork said:

blowing into the woods is way better than bagging and letting them rot in a landfill 

Yea we don’t bag it. Just raw dog it right into the woods. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

It's Fall though and I don't care. Let the leaves bury the yard.

What happens when you get the first snower…and there are thousands of leaves mixed in on the deck, the walkway, the lawn?

[CoastalWx]

We bag. We no choice.

[CoastalWx]

Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

What happens when you get the first snower…and there are thousands of leaves mixed in on the deck, the walkway, the lawn?

Happened in 2018. Just did it when it melted a few days later. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Happened in 2018. Just did it when it melted a few days later. 

Oh so you do pick up the leaves eventually in one shot…ok. I was under the impression you never pick up like my one neighbor. If that was the case: ‘unfriended’

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Oh so you do pick up the leaves eventually in one shot…ok. I was under the impression you never pick up like my one neighbor. If that was the case: ‘unfriended’

I do it a few times. I just mean that it doesn’t drive me nuts like it does to Kevin. It’s Fall.

[DavisStraight]

12 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

If you go straight back from the shed .. about 1/3 acre back .. there’s a stream that in normal years dries up . This year with over 62” of rain … it’s been flowing all spring , summer and fall 

Catching trout in your back yard?

[dendrite]

After a few windy days 95% of them blow to the perimeter of my yard anyway. Then we just mow and mulch them into the "lawn".

I don't see the point in cleaning them every other day when I see how many he still has in the trees.

[DavisStraight]

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

After a few windy days 95% of them blow to the perimeter of my yard anyway. Then we just mow and mulch them into the "lawn".

I don't see the point in cleaning them every other day when I see how many he still has in the trees.

I don't see any point in clearing any when for $250 some kids will do it for you and leave it spotless.

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It is so stressful. Just thinking about all the work ahead. And then you look up and still see leaves left to come down. Folks that don’t have Oaks don’t understand. You dont finish them until the following May . Look at my deck. 6-10 “ on the deck . Lollis to 12

90% of my leaves come from the one oak on my neighbor's property. Only about 10% are down

[40/70 Benchmark]

14 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I do it a few times. I just mean that it doesn’t drive me nuts like it does to Kevin. It’s Fall.

I do it once. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

After a few windy days 95% of them blow to the perimeter of my yard anyway. Then we just mow and mulch them into the "lawn".

I don't see the point in cleaning them every other day when I see how many he still has in the trees.

I use a lawn sweeper so the downside of that is if you have too many leaves, you’ll barely make one stripe before you have to empty it. Instead, with a light coating of leaves, I can fly around with a couple trips to empty it and be done in 30mins. 

[tavwtby]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

After a few windy days 95% of them blow to the perimeter of my yard anyway. Then we just mow and mulch them into the "lawn".

I don't see the point in cleaning them every other day when I see how many he still has in the trees.

yeah I argue with my dad every year about this, why do it 5 times when you can do it once and be done...we consistently get 30-32 bags, and that's with a quarter I save mulched for the compost...

[40/70 Benchmark]

23 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Yea we don’t bag it. Just raw dog it right into the woods. 

This is the first place that I have lived where I can't do that...like 25 bags

At least the outlook is done...that and raking are my two big fall projects.

[ORH_wxman]

I just wait and then blow them all into the woods. I might do one refresher Tday weekend to get the stragglers but I’m not blowing leaves when the oaks are still clinging to 30-50% of their foliage. 

[DavisStraight]

4 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

yeah I argue with my dad every year about this, why do it 5 times when you can do it once and be done...we consistently get 30-32 bags, and that's with a quarter I save mulched for the compost...

My brother used to get over a hundred bags a year until he had some trees cut down, he's got 30 so far this year with just a little cleanup left.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

4 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

This is the first place that I have lived where I can't do that...like 25 bags

At least the outlook is done...that and raking are my two big fall projects.

As long as the outlook is done…everything else is secondary. 

[greenmtnwx]

4 hours ago, cleetussnow said:

Just outside of Springfield/Perkinsville.  Just visited this weekend in fact!  Nice area. 

Nice!

[40/70 Benchmark]

Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

As long as the outlook is done…everything else is secondary. 

Well, I only do it first because that oak doesn't drop until December.

[tavwtby]

2 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

My brother used to get over a hundred bags a year until he had some trees cut down, he's got 30 so far this year with just a little cleanup left.

damn, that's crazy... when I was in Waterbury I used to blow them to the curb and the car wind would take most away... here we have to bag and bring to dump, they don't offer service for it, kids enjoy the piles tho.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Well, I only do it first because that oak doesn't drop until December.

Let’s hope a wind storm knocks it down someday. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

4 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

My brother used to get over a hundred bags a year until he had some trees cut down, he's got 30 so far this year with just a little cleanup left.

My sister and brother in law are like that....they have a landscaper do it.

[DavisStraight]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

My sister and brother in law are like that....they have a landscaper do it.

me too, cost $250, money well spent.