MartinH
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I don't know about the rest of you, but every year I have he displeasure of fighting the leaves which fall from the dozens of oak trees on my property. My front yard alone has five huge white oaks, and I don't even want to talk about the literal forest in my back yard.
To be truthful, the back yard is something I rarely deal with, at least in terms of leaves, as my dog has the run of it and it's generally poop central. I know it's gross, but it's so large that land mines seem to be everywhere, despite any efforts to clean up. But I digress.
So, back to the front yard. When I first moved into this house, I had no idea what I was in for. True I'd bagged leaves before, my grandmother had two large oaks in her front yard, but since I have a quarter of an acre in the front and almost an entire acre in the back, I was obviously completely unprepared for what awaited me.
Each year we bag, or had help bagging, over 100 leaf bags. Yup, it's back breaking, torturous work, and I'd rather go to the dentist. But alas, I have made it in to more enjoyable past-time. I've wised up now, and I have them vaccumed from the front curve at @$125, which is worth it to me.
As you can see in the pictures, this year I have a new helper, my little boy. He had grand time helping daddy with the leaves, and even held the leaf blower a few times. But here's the trick I discovered.
Leaf blowing time, is now also pipe-smoking time! See, I got there eventually! LOL. Since leaf-blowing is a relative sedentary job, not requiring much movement, other than a slow walk and moving the blower back and forth, I've come to enjoy quite a few pipes this way so far. Of course, it must be said that I'm an outdoors smoker only. My wife has horrible allergies and of course, there's me little boy.
Finally, here are some picture of the leaf pile and, of course, my little helper.
Martin
To be truthful, the back yard is something I rarely deal with, at least in terms of leaves, as my dog has the run of it and it's generally poop central. I know it's gross, but it's so large that land mines seem to be everywhere, despite any efforts to clean up. But I digress.
So, back to the front yard. When I first moved into this house, I had no idea what I was in for. True I'd bagged leaves before, my grandmother had two large oaks in her front yard, but since I have a quarter of an acre in the front and almost an entire acre in the back, I was obviously completely unprepared for what awaited me.
Each year we bag, or had help bagging, over 100 leaf bags. Yup, it's back breaking, torturous work, and I'd rather go to the dentist. But alas, I have made it in to more enjoyable past-time. I've wised up now, and I have them vaccumed from the front curve at @$125, which is worth it to me.
As you can see in the pictures, this year I have a new helper, my little boy. He had grand time helping daddy with the leaves, and even held the leaf blower a few times. But here's the trick I discovered.
Leaf blowing time, is now also pipe-smoking time! See, I got there eventually! LOL. Since leaf-blowing is a relative sedentary job, not requiring much movement, other than a slow walk and moving the blower back and forth, I've come to enjoy quite a few pipes this way so far. Of course, it must be said that I'm an outdoors smoker only. My wife has horrible allergies and of course, there's me little boy.
Finally, here are some picture of the leaf pile and, of course, my little helper.
Martin