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I absolutely hate raking leaves, but I just don't get leaf-blowers. I always imagine this situation playing out: two suburban warriors, lined up toe-to-toe acro
by douche 10y ago
I absolutely hate raking leaves, but I just don't get leaf-blowers. I always imagine this situation playing out: two suburban warriors, lined up toe-to-toe across from each other on opposite sides of their property line, furiously blasting away with their leaf blowers, trying to push a single oak leaf over the line in a pathetic form of tug-of-war.
- lsllc 10y agoHave you tried mulching the leaves on your lawn? ... collect up your leaves and spread them out on your lawn(s). A couple of passes at right-angles with a mulching mower (not bagging obviously) and the leaves are obliterated and your lawn is put to bed for the winter. Supposedly the leaf litter & grass clippings rot down together to properly feed the lawn.
- douche 10y agoOut of laziness, that is pretty much exactly what I do. I just run the things over with the lawnmower, fall and spring. I'm of the school of thought that if you don't have more than two unregistered vehicles on cinderblocks in your yard[1], you're doing a good job of beautifying it, though. [1] Actual town ordinance where I grew up... If you had three, you had to put up a fence.
- tropo 10y agoYou'll love this one I'm sure: My neighbor was using a leaf blower just a few hours prior to the arrival of what was expected to be a direct strike by a category 4 hurricane. Winds were already gusting pretty well, with at least a couple bands of heavy rain having already passed over. About half of the neighborhood was boarded up with plywood, and probably 2/3 of the families had evacuated, yet there he was, out with his leaf blower.