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i actually don't agree with, but understand that this is life in suburban NJ. that is part of why i'm moving.
if you think about the amount of energy we put into moving leaves.. it's ridiculous. first we spend hours burning 2 stroke engines (a season of blowing leaves probably puts out the same emissions are driving a car for a year) to get them to the curb, then we pay thousands of dollars to have people drive around and vacuum them up, so that we can put them into a pile so they can be sold back to you in the spring.
problem is, if you didn't do anything, it' wouldn't look so neat and tidy first of all, and it would probably kill the grass.
i actually saw a guy using his hose to "blow" his leaves. he's been doing it for the past 3 days.
3 acres? do you have 3 acres of grass?
i am trying to think what they do to lawns in VT. probably just mulch the leaves and let them break down on the grass.
i actually don't agree with, but understand that this is life in suburban NJ. that is part of why i'm moving.
if you think about the amount of energy we put into moving leaves.. it's ridiculous. first we spend hours burning 2 stroke engines (a season of blowing leaves probably puts out the same emissions are driving a car for a year) to get them to the curb, then we pay thousands of dollars to have people drive around and vacuum them up, so that we can put them into a pile so they can be sold back to you in the spring.
problem is, if you didn't do anything, it' wouldn't look so neat and tidy first of all, and it would probably kill the grass.
i actually saw a guy using his hose to "blow" his leaves. he's been doing it for the past 3 days.
3 acres? do you have 3 acres of grass?
i am trying to think what they do to lawns in VT. probably just mulch the leaves and let them break down on the grass.
That sounds good to me!
When I was growing up in Midland Park, before the Leaf Gestapo took control, you were still allowed to burn your leaves in your backyard. We kids would each have our own rake and turn the leaves into "houses" -- delineating walls and hallways with rows of raked leaves. Eventually we'd have to rake them into one giant pile, which of course we'd jump into for a while and then have to rake back up, then my mother would give us potatoes to bury in the leaves and my father would start the fire. When the fire burned out, we'd dig out the potatoes and eat them with butter and salt--they were the best damned potatoes I ever remember eating.
It was always a great day--we'd end up dirty and tired with callouses but it was so much fun.
This was the 1960's--not so very long ago. Now if you tried to do that with your kids the cops would be around to slap you with a fine.
8:00 AM ...4 leaf blowing technicians sterilizing the 75x100 lawn of toxic leaves.
They look very serious on their mission!!
I personally wouldn't go out at 8AM. The leaves have dew on them and I can't get enough distance to blow the leaves into my neighbor's yard. Best to wait till noon...
It's funny that people buy so many machines to automate and make these jobs easier. And then pay to use machines in a windowless gym that work the muscles in a less effective manner.
Thats funny . I tried to burn some leaves, but they just weren't lighting. Too wet. haha
This is funny about blowing leaves into the neighbors yard too. after I couldn't burn the rest of my leaves, I broke down and hired landscapers to finish off the job. It was mainly the touch up work and it took them 45 minutes with 2 guys to do the rest of what I was too broken from raking to finish off. But... they blew a majority of those remaining leaves in the neighbors back yard. It is wooded and there are already leaves back there, but I AM PRETTY SURE THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT OK!!!! Am I missing something???? Is this some kind of landscaper trick?
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