"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Curly Sue" wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:44:13 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Rochester NY: We're being buried in leaves. My son and I raked up
40+
bags
of leaves in about 2 hours this past Sunday. We seem to be alone in
the
use
of that prehistoric tool, the rake. I'm surrounded by neighbors in
their
early 30s to mid 40s, in good shape, all of whom use leaf blowers
and
take
all day to gather the same amount of leaves. And...cripes....the
noise!
Want
an investment tip? Hearing aids - the Next Big Thing for an entire
generation.

What's with these things? Is Home Depot putting guns to peoples'
heads
and
forcing them to buy leaf blowers?

End of Totally Pointless Rant

Best of both worlds- rake the leaves into a pile (quietly), then use
a
leaf vacuum/shredder for two minutes to suck them into a bag.
Another
advantage, 1/2 (or less) the number of bags. Save the shreds and
use
them for mulch in the garden.

Alternatively, just mow the leaves and let them disintegrate in
place.

Just moved in. Not enough garden dug up yet for the volume of leaves I
have.
I tilled a 40x40 vegetable garden two weeks back, and it's already got
8
trillion bushels of a mowed grass/leaf mix mixed in and piled on. Next
spring, I'm removing 1/4 of the total lawn area and creating enormous
flower
& shrub beds. Then there'll be a home for the leaves.



Composting is kinduva art--probly best to mix the brown and green matter
together in a pile.......the green ( grass clippings ) providing the
nitrogen, and let it all break down good *before* you till it in.......

Yeah, but I want to start small. I have a corner lot, so the place where
I'd
like to put multiple compost bins is where it would be visible to two
neighbors. I'm waiting for delivery of a Soilmaker (your basic tall
plastic
box - a model I've used in the past). I'll probably add 3 more in the
spring. In this neighborhood, an open pile or a chicken wire thing would
look out of place, even though they'd be beautiful to me.

Or.....plant a hedge to surround the compost factory. We'll see. I have
more
ideas than I have time and cash at the moment.



We corrall them in with old pallets--and its much easier to turn the pile
over if your corral is twice the size as your pile, turn from left to right.

Probly lots of ideas in one of the gardening forums, one might be just what
your doctor erdered.

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SVL