Until The Last Leaf Falls
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471969)
Switzerland
October 12, 2015 10:58am CST
I have not been around a lot today, there was one urgent thing that I had to do in the garden. I had to cover the pond with the leaves net.
This is an annoying task, I have to empty the pond and clean it first.
Then I go inside and install the net over the pond surface and I secure it all along the border with some rocks and stakes.
When finished, I fill the pond with clean water, so it's ready for the winter.
The net will stay in place until the last leaf falls.
I will remove it before the first snow, I like to see the frozen surface of the water in winter.
Do you also have things that you hate to do?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
12 Oct 15
We have to close the pool, which will be done this week. It's an good 3-4 hours of work.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
13 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill It is not yet too cold, 50 in the morning and around 57/58 during the day. It seems the cold is coming from Thursday.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
12 Oct 15
@LadyDuck We have no trees near the pool just for that reason, but if there were any in there we scoop them with a net - no cold hands. How cold is it there?
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
13 Oct 15
lots since i have gotten disabled i have a hard time changing my bed, taking shower and dressing, can't vacuum like i used to, etc.
a lot of those i used to love doing tho
a lot of those i used to love doing tho2 people like this
@much2say (55901)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Oct 15
This reminds me of our friend who has a pool. He doesn't believe in covers for some reason - but then he ends up having to clean the pool all the time. They have many trees around their yard, and much of the leaves (and dirt) end up in the pool below. Having some sort of cover makes more sense to me. We don't get snow here, but a bunch of joke how lovely it would be if the pools could freeze for winter - then we could ice skate - hee hee!
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Oct 15
One thing I dread doing is raking the leaves as they fall off the trees. I have one pretty good sized tree in my front yard, and it is loaded with leaves. I am older now, and things are a lot harder to do than they were when I was younger. I do have a blower and I have used it instead of raking, but it seems to blow them where I don't watnt them to go.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Oct 15
@LadyDuck If I blow them before there are to many, then it would be easier, but I wait until they are are almost off, and then it becomes harder. I just don't like doing them to soon, as I have to redo them anyway, since they just keep falling.
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@allknowing (137553)
• India
13 Oct 15
No, We have no such tasks. We have to clean the compound though regularly that gets filled up with dry leaves from several trees.
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@allknowing (137553)
• India
13 Oct 15
@LadyDuck We do not rake but use a hard broom to sweep off. Raking takes a lot of time as we have several trees.
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I hate cleaning the bathroom . But i have to .
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Oct 15
just about any kind of house work, but oven cleaning has to be the worst
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Oct 15
@LadyDuck and then it gets used right after cleaning so it's immediately getting messed up again.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Oct 15
@LadyDuck It's like the myth of Sisyphus where he has to keep rolling a rock up a hill for eternity. It just runs away from him and back down when he gets near the top. Oven cleaning is the same - it never ends.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
12 Oct 15
It does sound a daunting task, though it is nice to actually have a pond Anna.
Yes, I only have an apartment no garden, or yard so the only thing I hate to do is clean the oven.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
12 Oct 15
i ne'er emptied my pond, jest did a good cleanin' 'n covered it with the net. 'course, that'd tick the birds off 's it interfered with 'em takin' their baths in the waterfall. i aint real fond 'f cleanin' corrals these days, findin' it a most dauntin' task with weakened muscles.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
12 Oct 15
I have put bird baths in the garden, the pond is pretty big, last year I have not covered it and in summer it was a mess, bad smelling for the rotten leaves. This is a hard work, some times I am tempted to cover the pond and forget about it.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
13 Oct 15
@crazyhorseladycx The birds are funny, they do not use the nice bird bath I put in the garden and they go to bath in rain puddles.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
12 Oct 15
@LadyDuck yes ma'am, i'm familiar with that awful smell. my pond's been semi-dismantled since spring coz there's a leak someplace in the liner. 'nother 'f the hubs 'projects' that he's not completed. on the norm, i run the pond year round. i've bird baths 's well, the birds jest choose not to use 'em, lol.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Oct 15
We are surrounded by Oak Trees. The acorns drove us crazy this year but when the leaves start to fall we will have tons of leaves on the yard. We live with a ravine in the back and we gather the leaves and dump them down the ravine. It is hard work and yes I hate doing all that work but we have to to save the lawn.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Oct 15
@LadyDuck yes I do and when we rake the back we use the blower too.
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@KnehKnah (3584)
• Philippines
12 Oct 15
There are household chores that I don't hate doing but tire me so much. One is the cleaning & "reconstructing" an indoor comfort room pad for our cats & kittens. We thought of having it in a corner of our kitchen door so that the pets need not go out of our house for their BM needs. The main reason is, we don't want any of them face the risk of being hurt, or worse, killed by our dogs who seem to be in constant war with them. Hay...
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@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
13 Oct 15
I don't love tending the compost pile, but it is a cheap and effective way to grow lots of vegetables.
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