RE: I got a leafblower!

Live next door to me and it can be your birthday every week. Did you
know one 1000 lb horse puts out about 50 lbs of, ummm, horse exhaust
every day? We own two horses...
I will have to try the vacuum part of my leafblower. If it works I will
be very happy. I just remember the electric shredder we bought years
ago, it clogged up any time you put more than one leaf in it. And if the
leaf were damp, it would clog up on that.
I also liked Kitty's idea of blowing out the dryer vent with it. Gosh
it's so exciting. :-)

Cyndi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Daryl
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 6:36 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] I got a leafblower!

Congratulations!

One of my best gifts was a load of horse exhaust. My gardening friends
were
jubilant with me. The non-gardening ones thought I'd been had and that I

should dump the cad that brought it.  (We're celebrating our 37th
anniversary on Thursday).\

BTW, I hate the leaf blower part, except for its ability to blow leaves
and
stuff away from the door,  but love the leaf sucker/chopper. It's great
for
getting into the middle of my perennial beds to get whole leaves that
choke
the plants. I can just dump the chopped leaves on the ground  where
they're
needed.

d



>> Okay so it's not that much to get excited about, but I am. Husband
>> bought me an electric leafblower for my birthday and I tried it out
>> right away. I should have gotten one years ago! It did a much better
job
>> getting the dirt off the patio than sweeping or water, I even got all
>> the debris that piles up between the potted plants. Of course, in the
>> winter there will be oodles of leaves, but I can blow those onto the
>> lawn and then mow them up.   I didn't try using it as a
vacuum/shredder,
>> which it claims it can do...I doubt it, since we had an electric leaf
>> shredder once and it didn't work worth a darn, but we'll see. What it
>> doesn't do as well is get dirt that's been kind of glued down by
water,
>> like under the dog's water bowl.  But all in all, I'm very pleased.
It
>> isn't very noisy and being electric there's no exhaust pollution.
>> My co-workers will think I'm some deprived person, I didn't get
jewelry
>> or fancy clothes for my birthday, I got a leafblower... but I knew
you
>> guys would understand!
>>
>> Cyndi

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