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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 31, 2022 19:05:45 GMT
The gardening I really hate is watering when the boss goes away
Leaf raking is working my puny body into a slightly less puny body
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Post by MartinT on Oct 10, 2022 6:40:46 GMT
It started again yesterday. An hours' blowing and shovelling dealt with it. That was nothing compared with what is to come.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 10, 2022 9:17:31 GMT
I had to start on raking the chestnuts
Digby the Dachshund specialises in getting them caught up in himself
Doesn't do him any good and very awkward and sometimes painful to get out
One patch now has leaves to rake. Quite a few more to come bet
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 1, 2023 16:39:40 GMT
Countless bulk bags of leaves raked and dragged up onto the compost heap.
I may be over half way
Slightly worrying to see some trees still with leaves on. Don't remember them being up there into January before
I can cope with them if they fall. Just hoping the tree didn't die due to the hot summer....
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Post by MartinT on Jan 1, 2023 17:06:11 GMT
We were just saying we'll have to do some more leaf clearing soon. It's been blown into little piles all over the place, saving us the blowing part of the operation, but everything is still very wet and soggy, making it doubly hard to shovel.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 1, 2023 17:21:17 GMT
I'm at it every day for short periods of time
I use 2 plastic garden rakes to pick up clumps of leaves
Today was less successful due to the recent rain. Had to make do with half a clump
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Post by MartinT on Oct 15, 2023 11:52:10 GMT
There seems to be more leaves, nuts and shells than ever before, a complete carpet risking ankles just walking on it. Last weekend hurt and today I feel physically unwell from two and a half hours' effort. And we know it'll be the same again next weekend.
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Post by petea on Oct 15, 2023 12:25:28 GMT
Think of the money you'll be saving on going to a gym!  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 15, 2023 12:43:35 GMT
I've been at it for a while now Max is probably 30 minutes at a time, can be up to 3-4 times a day Have piles of grass and chestnuts waiting for me. Some leaves Its a journey  |
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Post by rfan8312 on Oct 16, 2023 3:39:19 GMT
Same. Tomorrow almost directly after work it's off to parents house to rake in the dark as usual. And will be this way for weeks.
I swear I never see any other neighbors raking or even yards with leaves fallen on them.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 16, 2023 8:45:39 GMT
I hear leaf blowers almost constantly from the neighbours
on and on and on
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Post by MartinT on Oct 16, 2023 9:40:19 GMT
I had to refill mine I used it so much!
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Post by MartinT on Oct 31, 2024 22:36:00 GMT
Once again with the leaves today. We only did the drive and filled 22 wheelbarrow loads, dumping them across the lane into the forest.
Why did we have to have such big trees?
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 1, 2024 11:02:16 GMT
Get a Hippo sack to put in the wheelbarrow or I'm thinking of a wheelbarrow extender Thought long enough. On the way  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 10, 2024 17:51:22 GMT
Wheelbarrow extender used today.
Much easier to load leaves, keep compressing until as full as possible, not as much as a Hippo bag
Unloading not as easy as the Hippo but I will work on my technique
£8 odd is a great buy
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