Someone asked me to share photos of Autumn. You know, pumpkins, hay bales, mums. HA!
This is Autumn in MY yard!
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Back Yard
Years ago, folks raked leaves and burned them. Later, cities and towns required that you buy a permit, maximum 3 per year, for burning brush. Now, that is prohibited almost every where. Folks rake the leaves, fill PAPER sacks and the trash depts. have special collections for yard waste. Most of it goes into a compost pile.
I don't rake. I use the lawn mower to mulch and pick up the leaves. They all get dumped on my vegetable garden. Then they get tilled into the soil. GREAT fertilizer!
Normally, from the time I sit to put on my grubby old sneakers, go out and mow, return to the garage and remove those sneakers, is about 35 minutes. Today, it took me over an hour and a half! Those leaves fill the mower bag quickly! My back was getting sore, bending to disconnect and reconnect the bag. But the leaves are now in the garden -- at least, the leaves from both sugar maple trees. The silver maple has a 2 week delay, so I get to do this again shortly!
Not what you asked for, my friend, but all I have on offer at the moment!
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