Re: Leaf Collection

No cops.;+) I did have to wait and let one car pass me before heading
home on one trip but otherwise no other traffic besides a few that
passed while I was raking onto the tarp. This was a straight shot 2
blocks down the street with a broad 90 degree curve just before my
house. At maybe 10 mph I don't think I lost a single leaf.


Kitty

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> 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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