Trees and leaves
Discussion
It's that time of the year again, the trees are moulting and there're bloody leaves everywhere, I've just spent 3 hours raking, sweeping and using a lawnmower to hoover them up, then put them in builders bags to take down the tip. I filled 6 bags today and past experience suggests that will be par for the course for the next 6 weeks. I've got a leaf blower but it doesn't really help, imo. How do others deal with the problem? There's got to be an easier way than this.
RYH64E said:
I've got four big Oaks and a Sweet Chestnut (plus sundry unidentifed small trees), there were 6 builders bags today and the Oaks have barely started, I need machinery!
No you don't. Edited by RYH64E on Saturday 22 October 16:06
You need a 12 year old who hasn't had his pocket money yet, needs his bike fixing and who wants a lift to and from a mates sleep over tonight.
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Jaguar steve said:
No you don't.
You need a 12 year old who hasn't had his pocket money yet, needs his bike fixing and who wants a lift to and from a mates sleep over tonight.
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What I've got is a sixteen year old who thinks that manual labour is beneath him, and when he does help is more of a hindrance. Machinery would be more reliable, do a better job, and almost certainly work out cheaper.You need a 12 year old who hasn't had his pocket money yet, needs his bike fixing and who wants a lift to and from a mates sleep over tonight.
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RYH64E said:
What I've got is a sixteen year old who thinks that manual labour is beneath him, and when he does help is more of a hindrance. Machinery would be more reliable, do a better job, and almost certainly work out cheaper.
You need to trade him in for the latest model that is manufactured in China. Much more reliable and less prone to disrupt work practices.if you switch from a British 2000 model to a Chinese 2003 you don't believe the performance improvements.I get back from a fortnight's holiday on Monday and can already envisage the work before me.
Simpo Two said:
In theory at least if you keep removing the leaves the soil will get poorer as nothing's being recycled.
If I don't remove the leaves there'll be no grass left by spring, the garden will be 6" deep in leaves. I use a mulching lawn mower throughout the growing season which puts a fair bit of nutrients back into the soil, though the recent scarifying had ripped pretty much any grohnd covering out, plus it's fertilised regularly. RYH64E said:
That looks suitable, anyone used one?
I have 4. 3.5hp, 2 x 5hp, 8hp.They are great but the 8hp is just too big and heavy for my garden. 3.5 is perfect for leaves but collection bag a tad too small. 5's are perfect and collected all the scarified debris.
Lawnmower doesn't work nearly as well.
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