09-10-2007, 05:18 PM
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lawn winterize
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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Harry K wrote:
On Oct 7, 5:36 am, Jim wrote:
symplastless wrote:
To winterize or not to winterize lawn
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this is precious, simply precious
Yeah. I have seen that several times over the years and there is so
much truth to it. I see that the annual 'what to use to bag leaves'
threads have started over alt.home.repair. Even after they have been
told the simple way is to mow/mulch em, they still go on about buying
fancy equipment to vacuum them up.
Harry K
What do you do when there is a 3 foot layer of leaves?
Assuming you're unable to mow them into oblivion*, you could try a
rake. It's a relatively new invention, so, like when CD players first
became available, you might have to get on a waiting list. No matter
what anyone tells you, you can rake & bag as fast as or faster than
with a leaf blower.
* Yes, there are situations where you can't use the mower to grind up
the leaves.
I will argue that point with you also.
Argue what? That there are situations where a mower won't handle the
leaves? I'm listening.
Well. I have a Tank and a Toro commercial so I guess I don't have that
problem either.
Right. Some mowers have limits as to what they'll mulch. And then, there's
the infamous confluence of factors that's sometimes unavoidable, like when
my neighbor's sycamore decides to dump all its leaves at 3:00 PM, followed
by rain at 4:00 PM, lasting for the next 3 days, with heavy winds that shlep
even more leaves from the other neighbors' yards. When every square yard
contains 4 bushels of wet leaves, my mower says "Yeah...right".
Yeah. You understand.
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