Tally from this mission:
Eighteen "35 gallon" and "50 gallon" bags of leaves and sticks from the backyard and side yard.
The little $35 Ryobi leaf blower works a treat! On high-speed it will blow the egg-sized rocks out of our border areas, and the gyroscopic action of the spinning fan blade makes it hard to turn certain directions. Low-speed works great for sweeping the leaves out of where you don't want them, while keeping the dust down to a manageable level.
We're holding off on the front yard because the maple tree still has over half it's leaves.
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<i>The Fisher Saga</i> Continues - Act III -
Been working on this post since right after Thanksgiving. I'm making very good progress on the Fisher, and will most likely power it up...
Piker....I measure my leaves..(after they have been chopped in an 8 HP leaf vacuum) by the cubic yard.
ReplyDeleteBut we all hate the leaf cleanup in the fall, no matter how big or small our yards
Hah....beats us by a mile. We only have about .25 acres, so if we chipped/chopped them, we'd probably have six bags?
ReplyDeleteWe had 28 bags last year, just raked & bagged. This year we've been using the new lawn mower to mulch & bag the leaves, so only have 8. That's a HUGE improvement!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking into leaf vacuums/mulchers, but they're BIG, expensive, and we'd need a storage shed.
DeleteThanks, I'll stay in my apartment and watch the manager, Stacy, do all the work.
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling, WSF!
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