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The Helpful Gardener
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stella1751
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Location: Wyoming
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| rainbowgardener wrote: | Kleptomania var. folium is becoming an addiction.... I was driving home from work after dark and happened to spot some more curbside bags of leaves. Couldn't stop myself from screeching my car to a halt on the wrong side of the road, leaping out, throwing a couple bags in my trunk, and zooming off again. I probably already had enough without these extra ones, for my small property, but you never know and next spring if I'm wishing I still had more fall leaves there won't be any around for the taking... 
So I'm telling myself that I'm done now, I don't need to keep watching the roadsides for leaves, but I don't know if I can give up the thrill of the hunt! |
LOL, Rainbow. HG and Lazygirl, too. I always laugh when I read a new posting on this thread.
Even though I have a huge pile of bagged leaves, I want more. I keep glancing across the street to my neighbor's house. He has a huge lawn, as yet unraked. He promised me his leaves. Will he rake? Will he not rake? Has he forgotten me? Or . . . is he just toying with me, sadistically enjoying the longing glances I keep casting in his direction? When I see him out and about, I quickly look away, acting casual and whistling a tuneless melody.
I want MORE leaves 
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applestar
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:47 am Post subject: |
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I KNOW! I asked my neighbor for the contents of the decoration bag, and also gathered up his raked leaves from the street. Their in-laws saw me as they were driving away and the Grandmom was STARING at me out the car window the whole way, so I flashed her a big grin 
There is a huge pile of leaves just as I enter my street but it's too far for wheelbarrow runs. Maybe I'll take my DH's pick up.... 
Kleptomania var. folium I see it's a *Pandemic*.
and HG and Gixx Hilarity all around! 
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Ermintrude
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Location: UK
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It is sometimes said that the sense of humour is different either side of the Atlantic. But certainly not here amongst the leaf mould.
Rather than raking leaves from the lawn I use the mower - it picks up the leaves and gives them a good chop into the bargain. Much less work.
Saw someone out with a leaf blower, hope to go round and clear up the pile of leaves.
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Location: Ventura County, CA, Sunset 23
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:26 am Post subject: geez lou eaves |
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Chop up leaves mixed with grass clippings - ka-ching.
I've spread leaves on the lawn before mowing just for that effect.
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The Helpful Gardener
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Smartest organic fella I know is Mike Nadeau at Plantscapes who teaches for NOFA, and Mike stopped leaf removing and went to mowing/mulching on a lot of his properties, and years later he's still a fan; likened it to topdressing with compost. With a squirt of compost tea on top of it to get the ball rolling? Fuhgeddiboutit...
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gixxerific
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Joined: 26 Jun 2009
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Location: Wentzville, MO (Just West oF St. Louis) Zone 5B
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| The Helpful Gardener wrote: | Smartest organic fella I know is Mike Nadeau at Plantscapes who teaches for NOFA, and Mike stopped leaf removing and went to mowing/mulching on a lot of his properties, and years later he's still a fan; likened it to topdressing with compost. With a squirt of compost tea on top of it to get the ball rolling? Fuhgeddiboutit...
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Sounds like a smart guy. What I don't bag for garden purposes ends up on the lawn. I'm gonna do the ACT treatment this year on the lawn. I need to find one of those siphons for your faucet that suck it up out of the bucket and adds it incrementally.
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applestar
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When you get one, can you explain to me how it's supposed to work because I have one and have not been able to get it to work correctly. It seems like a simple enough device....  |
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vermontkingdom
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What a joy to read about all these crazy folks out there collecting leaves! I have enough but all these postings created additional leaf envy. On my way to church yesterday I passed a house three streets down from us with a huge pile of bags on its lawn. A guy was raking so I asked if the leaves were available. Yes, indeed although he seemed a little surprised I would want them. It took four loads in my Neon to get those 38 bags to my backyard. By the way, much to wife's disapproval, I'm also able to get 22 five gal. buckets of horse manure in that little sucker.
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SkyKero
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Location: Georgia
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I never thought I'd have manure envy
I am coveting the leaves in my mom's yard -- Next weekend...
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soil
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woo hoo i was driving down the road and this guy had a HUGE pile of leaves. at least 8 ft tall. i asked what he was doing with them and he said burn pile!!!! i offered to save him the trouble and took it all. time to start a new leaf mold pile.
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gixxerific
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Location: Wentzville, MO (Just West oF St. Louis) Zone 5B
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| applestar wrote: | | When you get one, can you explain to me how it's supposed to work because I have one and have not been able to get it to work correctly. It seems like a simple enough device.... |
I would think it is pressure driven, like a pump of sorts. All you should have to do is hook the siphon to your spicket than the siphon tube into a bucket. The flow of water should pull what is in the bucket out at a slow ratio. They would i assume have a back flow preventer on it to keep water from the hose going into the bucket. What brand is it is it? I would be happy to try and help you figure it out.
vermontkingdom I about peed my pants when I read the last sentence in your post.
soil it makes me happy to hear you saved a pile of leaves from the fire. It is illegal to burn leaves around here, though people, ignorant people still do. Burning leaves releases many gasses that are considered poisonous to carcinogens. I hate to see burning leaves. But love to see composting leaves. 
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soil
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gixxer - here a controlled fire is better than a ton of dry leaves catching everything on fire come summer.
but yea, now its going to be nice leaf mold come spring.
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kimbledawn
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Location: Memphis
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I'm losing my hair!! Well, maybe my mind. Trembling with this tiny eye tick. My children know what wrong....everytime we pass bags on the street they whisper, "Hey mom are you gonna get those?  " You better get those!..
I think they like my madness. They love to see me screech to a halt, in high heels and a business suit and struggle to stuff bags of leaves in my car ! A car that already carries me and three children. The see me look longingly at the bags I have to leave behind and they laugh at me when I drive by the next day and those bags are gone....
I wonder?..Did the MAN get them?  huh did he? I can only hope that some deranged leaf-o-maniac came behind me with a car full of kids or maybe a dog and carried the leaves I left behind to leaf heaven...
Hello my name is Dawn and although you may not know me...I'm one of you. 
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gixxerific
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Kimble the first step is admitting you have a problem. The next step is to affirm that problem by going out to get more.
I'm glad I could help.
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