Our twin oaks still have a few fall leaves on them. The rest are on the yard...and the street. I spent part of the day today raking the rascals into a row by the curb. The city of Moline, Illinois provides a leaf vacuuming service, but unfortunately they don't drive those big trucks onto each lawn. Then again, do I really want giant tire ruts in the yard? I'm still thinking about that one.
In past years we have jumped on leaf removal too early. And that leads to what I call "repetitive leaf removal syndrome." This year we are taking a wait-and-see approach. If we wait, we'll see how many leaves will fall and blow into the neighbor's yards before we remove them in one or two giant raking operations.
Yes, while I crave a leaf-sweeping rig to tow behind my ancient riding mower, we are kicking it old-school with a rake in one hand and a cell phone to call for medical help in the other.





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