Re: Leaf Collection

and what did the cop behind you have to say about this?!? Are your tarps
red? How many leaves did you leave in the street as they blew off the
tarp? Sounds like a plan! May have to try it myself :)


Did notice this am that there are actually leaves on my grass in the
back... first time I will have to rake since I moved here.... just
planning on moving them west right on top of the perennials. (there is
not enough of them to do any damage/good)


Donna

----- Original Message -----
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Sent: 10/28/2004 11:10:38 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] Leaf Collection

> Wednesday am as I left for work my neighbor from whom I always take
> leaves was raking her leaves and putting them in bags for that day's
> garbage pickup. She did so most likely because we were excpecting rain
> which we didn't get. While at work I was thinking about whose leaves I'd
> steal this year since there were none close to me as there had been in
> previous years. There were plenty of leaves piled on grass strips
> adjacent to curbs 2 blocks from me, but that seemed a long distance to
> drag my tarp back and forth.
> 
> So last night I tied my tarp to the back of my Suzuki - and tied a
> second tarp to the first one, rolled the whole thing up into the back of
> the car, closed the gate, went around the block and pulled up alongside
> the leaves. I unrolled the tarp, raked the leaves onto it and then just
> dragged them home. Worked like a charm! The last load I left on the
> tarp, unhitched it and dragged to my compost bins. Minimal effort for a
> bounty of leaves. If it doesn't rain today I'll try for a few more loads
> tonight.
> 
> My only problem is that this is early for me - I haven't yet emptied the
> 12X15 tender plant bed out front. That's where I usually dump the leaves
> and shred them before depositing in final locations. I'll have to work
> on that before I can collect much more. I did check first to be sure the
> shredder will work and it started right up.
> 
> 
> Kitty
> 
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