so how many leaves do you have to rake?

johnbryanpeters · Nov 16, 2008

None. I mow them.

Westy · Nov 16, 2008

All my neighbors are super anal about leaves. If a single leaf hits their lawn it is attacked with various noisy implements. I just let them all blow into my neighbors lawn.

dhmike · Nov 16, 2008

zero , socal desert.

DirtyMike · Nov 16, 2008

None, I live in Socal were we have Summer, and less hot summer

eric strt6 · Nov 16, 2008

upside of living in the forest, I let the leaves fall where they may and let them compost. I only blow the driveway, roof, and decks clear

mntbiker2 · Nov 16, 2008

some people just take pride in there yard work so there yeard doesnt end up looking like that^^

stinkyboy · Nov 16, 2008

manimal said:
oh yeah, in the cartwheel picture you can see the uninhabitable forclosed house next door. that thing is such an eyesore. i'm tempted to water the roots of an oak tree that is leaning over it on an off-camber embankment in the hopes that it falls and crushes the house then i'd offer the bank about $5k for the lot and make a sick 1.2 acre dirtjump park out of it

I have been considering relocating... Would you mind lots of drinking, loud music and weedfests next door?

RM viewership would go through the roof!

:banana:

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Postscript: Your kids are awesome!

stinkyboy · Nov 16, 2008

manimal said:
heck, we could make a sitcom/reality show with that plot.

I kid you not. We should shop this idea! :clapping:

We could retire on the product placement money alone.

stinkyboy · Nov 16, 2008

:biggrin:

JohnE · Nov 16, 2008

DirtyMike said:
None, I live in Socal were we have Summer, and less hot summer

Wanna trade??

Is that a cast on your left paw?

moegocanes · Nov 16, 2008

the main issue at my house is pine needles. horrible.

eric strt6 · Nov 16, 2008

mntbiker2 said:
some people just take pride in there yard work so there yeard doesnt end up looking like that^^

100 homes on 1200 acres of woods, no lawns [not enough available water to waste] xeroscape only. each 1.5 acre lot has at least 200 trees, the remaining 1000 acres is all woods. we chip the tree trimmings from doing fire clearance and spread the mulch on our lots. Its the way it works up here...oh and the houses all sell for between 900,000 and 2.0 million

my neighborhood

DHPeteinSC · Nov 17, 2008

And where was Noah during all this ''yard work''? Really Brandon, I promise leaves are waaaay better than pine straw!! Dont let the Doc. see those pics. :disgust1:

I Are Baboon · Nov 17, 2008

That's a lot of leaves. We get a fair bit but pay our landscaper for fall cleanup.

A) I'm lazy.
B) I'm allergic to decaying foliage.

Westy · Nov 17, 2008

I Are Baboon said:
That's a lot of leaves. We get a fair bit but pay our landscaper for fall cleanup.

A) I'm lazy.
B) I'm allergic to decaying foliage.

I find it funny you will go to the gym but will not do yard work.

4xBoy · Nov 17, 2008

Westy said:
I find it funny you will go to the gym but will not do yard work.

Probably drives there to take a spin class, or to work on his "lats".

:twitch:

I Are Baboon · Nov 17, 2008

Westy said:
I find it funny you will go to the gym but will not do yard work.

I don't spend 6-8 hours at the gym.

Heidi · Nov 17, 2008

The wind just blows them away for free.

TreeSaw · Nov 17, 2008

We probably spend 8-10 hours on leaf clean-up. We end up having to do it in multiple waves as the maple leaves fall first and get cleaned up then the oak leaves come down. We only clean about an acre and it's a combo attack with a gas powered leaf blower and rakes.

johnbryanpeters · Nov 17, 2008

Westy said:
I find it funny you will go to the gym but will not do yard work.

He's a yuppie boy.

I Are Baboon · Nov 17, 2008

johnbryanpeters said:
He's a yuppie boy.

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211900

pirate28 · Nov 17, 2008

TreeSaw said:
We probably spend 8-10 hours on leaf clean-up. We end up having to do it in multiple waves as the maple leaves fall first and get cleaned up then the oak leaves come down.

I have the same problem... This last wave produced 14 giant bags of MULCHED leaves. To make matters worse, I am allergic to all the dust and crap, so every time I do leaves, my sinuses are a wreck for 2 days. I've seriously considered wearing a respirator while mulching the leaves.

IH8Rice · Nov 17, 2008

none here.....a mix of white people/mexicans mow then up at my place.

drkenan · Nov 17, 2008

stinkyboy said:
:biggrin:

Brad Pitt's finest role EVER.

drkenan · Nov 17, 2008

This thread should be titled "so how many leaves SHOULD you have to rake?".

Most of our leaves are in the backyard with the dog poops so I normally just let nature take its course.

CrabJoe StretchPants · Nov 17, 2008

my house ~80 bags
parents house ~80 bags
parents other house ~150 bags

Arkayne · Nov 17, 2008

My $90 HOA fees do the raking.

cannondalejunky · Nov 17, 2008

I never understood bagging leaves. at my parents house they had a compost pile so we would rake the leaves up and then put them into that to be reused later when they decomposed. but now that they don't have the pile anymore they just mulch them up, waaaaaaaaaay easier. that's what i did at my house this year too. took very little time and you could barely tell that there were leaves there before

CrabJoe StretchPants · Nov 17, 2008

cannondalejunky said:
I never understood bagging leaves. at my parents house they had a compost pile so we would rake the leaves up and then put them into that to be reused later when they decomposed. but now that they don't have the pile anymore they just mulch them up, waaaaaaaaaay easier. that's what i did at my house this year too. took very little time and you could barely tell that there were leaves there before

I don't understand it either, it's what I was always ordered to do growing up as a kid, and old habits die hard :twitch:

It was much easier when I lived in Boston.......no trees = no leaves. Then again everything else about it sucked. :rofl:

cannondalejunky · Nov 17, 2008

my grandmother is 84 years old and she just bagged 34 bags of leaves this weekend by herself...she's super anal about leaves in her yard.

IH8Rice · Nov 17, 2008

cannondalejunky said:
my grandmother is 84 years old and she just bagged 34 bags of leaves this weekend by herself...she's super anal about leaves in her yard.

way to help her out slick.

give yourself a pat on the back for that one....i hope she didnt have to use her Life Alert because you didnt help your 84 year old grandmother rake leaves

cannondalejunky · Nov 17, 2008

IH8Rice said:
way to help her out slick.

give yourself a pat on the back for that one....i hope she didnt have to use her Life Alert because you didnt help your 84 year old grandmother rake leaves

She lives 12 hours away from me. besides i just heard about that today...and if she had said she wanted me to come up there and help her rake leaves i would have taken off work just to drive up there and help her just because i'm that nice of a grandson

CHOP · Nov 17, 2008

I used to rake them, now I just mow over them to mulch them up and leave them lay.

so how many leaves do you have to rake?

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