In my town, September signals the start fall clean up. The town distributes large paper bags for us to collect our leaves. Each week after that, a big trick rolls around and collects the leaf bags for mulching. Many of my neighbors start leaf collection as soon as leaves begin to fall in October. I suspect this is because they are overly fond of the leaf blowers they have on hand. I am in no hurry to start the chore and wait until November to get after it. By then, the leaves on my trees have all fallen.
Yesterday was the appointed day and T and I set out with our leaf bags, the rake, out leaf-grabbing hands, and an ingenious new device to keep the paper collection bags open.
We collected the leaves in the drive way and front curb. I mulch most of the back yard leaves into the garden for poor man’s fertilizer and there is no hurry to get after that chore. Our leaf bag tool worked like a charm and in a few hours we had filled 14 leaf bags for the town to collect.
The driveway looks a lot neater now.
After the job was done, I rewarded myself by planting tulip bulbs in various flower beds. They will bloom in the Spring, a nice treat to contemplate. That’s happy!
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