I love trees. I have a small yard, 2 apples, 2 Italian prunes, one small maple with roots more on the neighbour’s side than mine, and a fantastic Doug fir in my back yard. Picking up the fruit, cone and leaf litter from the yard and eves bothers me not at all. Donning borrowed spurs and belt and climbing the fir 6+m to remove the lower branches for fire guarding is an adventure. Wonderful carbon sequesters. Building a rope swing with my daughter in the maple. Shade when the mercury exceeds 35C. Understanding there is a whole other world happening below the soil, as big or bigger as that above.
Wish I had a bigger yard with room for more.
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Thread: The Campaign Against Leaves
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11-07-2024, 10:26 PM #51
Do I smell Bacon?
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11-07-2024, 10:31 PM #52
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6+m? how many inches is that? less than a rod? more than a fathom?
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11-07-2024, 11:09 PM #53
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About 20 to 25 freedum foot units south of the poutine curtain.
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11-08-2024, 05:43 AM #54
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I got lucky and timed the last mow just right and got the front mulched up almost perfectly, had to blow a little off a few days later but no big deal. The back on the other hand is too deep and it would take too many passes to want to put in the effort. I tried and failed so gave up. Looks like it's going to become a bug's paradise, the birds are already enjoying it.
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11-08-2024, 08:41 AM #55
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The Campaign Against Leaves
I joined the forty-v club, this thing blows! Always starts, no blue smoke. Switch the battery over to the monster of string trimmer for summer use.
My neighbor cleaned up yesterday, I’m doing my final blow of the season.
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11-08-2024, 09:42 AM #56
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I don't mind the leaves as much as I mind the ticks.
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11-08-2024, 09:51 AM #57
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Ticks suck. Originally Posted by hooked
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11-08-2024, 09:51 AM #58
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I needed this. Originally Posted by Nobody Famous
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11-08-2024, 08:05 PM #59
Do I smell Bacon?
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Right? Originally Posted by riser4
My wolf pup and I were visiting the folks one fall, and he dove into a pile of leaves like that while we were raking. Just all out of the blue, never did it before. We were rolling with laughter, including the pup.
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11-08-2024, 09:01 PM #60
Not your father's Olds.
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You should try the 730 CFM version. The leaves don't move, the earth actually rotates out of the way. You can find them refurbed at a reasonable price. Originally Posted by buttahflake
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11-08-2024, 09:03 PM #61
Not your father's Olds.
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Steve Harman w/CBS News has the backstory. Originally Posted by Nobody Famous
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maine-d...ir-autumn-joy/
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11-09-2024, 11:16 AM #62
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I keep reading the thread title as the most optimistic headline of my life.
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11-09-2024, 11:20 AM #63
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The best! Originally Posted by Nobody Famous
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11-10-2024, 10:49 AM #64
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These things rock. No idea where to get them though, only seems to show CA stores. The golf club I live on uses these, and the guys do some side work in my yard sometimes. They conveniently left 2 of these when we were cleaning up after the hurricanes.
https://catchycan.com/productsI like living where the Ogdens are high enough so that I'm not everyone's worst problem.- YetiMan
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11-10-2024, 11:44 AM #65
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fuckin' baller!
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11-10-2024, 12:44 PM #66
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I have three huge sycamore trees in the yard that typically wait till mid-December to drop their leaves. In a lot of years I have to wait till spring to get the leaves up because they get covered in snow. But for whatever reason they started dropping leaves in late September this year and I’ve just been getting them up slowly by bagging when I mow. It’s been super convenient but I’m worried about what’s going on with them, I think my cooling bill would double without them.
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11-10-2024, 01:37 PM #67
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I look for those every fall but I never find them either. I've also seen someone using one of these on a five-gallon utility bucket but can't find any of those. Originally Posted by warthog
In the meantime these leaf bag chutes work fairly well: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leaf-Eas...LLCP/202491987“The best argument in favour of a 90% tax rate on the rich is a five-minute chat with the average rich person.”
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11-14-2024, 09:13 PM #68
Must have been the Roses
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Perfect blowing conditions… cold temps, dry leaves, and a stiff tailwind. Listening to tunes and getting paid
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11-14-2024, 09:19 PM #69
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I learned recently that we have fireflies in WA, and BC as well. Haven't seen any lightup but I guess I've seen the daytime dark fireflies. Originally Posted by BCMtnHound
https://www.fireflyatlas.org/pacific...yth-or-reality
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