Like It Never Even Happened
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (85968)
United States
November 9, 2023 7:20am CST
No. I am not referencing the popular commercial on TV advertising Servpro's cleaning and restoration services. I am talking about the leaves in the yard that become a recurring task every fall.
I never rake them, opting to simply run them over with my mower and mulch them. I will tell you, it's much easier.
Normally I do it with the riding mower. But that was until this past Sunday when on one of my passes I went to engage the blade and it wouldn't turn. There it was, lying in the driveway, my confounded broken deck belt.
I have one on order and will have to replace it soon. I am not sure if I will do it this year or just wait until spring. Either way.
I used the push mower yesterday and got the task done. But when I looked out the window this morning, the yard is as full of leaves again as it was yesterday before I mulched them.
It's like it never even happened. And the trees aren't empty yet either.
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@RebeccasFarm (88703)
• Arvada, Colorado
9 Nov
That is a stunning photo..is that by your house?
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@RebeccasFarm (88703)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Nov
@porwest So lovely your green lawn.
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@porwest (85968)
• United States
13 Nov
@RebeccasFarm I may be a bit anal retentive about my lawn. lol
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@allknowing (132678)
• India
10 Nov
We do not have a Fall but dried leaves do drop in heaps. They are swept off and burnt in the incinerator.
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@porwest (85968)
• United States
9 Nov
I can see where that could make it rather difficult. Once I started mulching them I have never looked back. To me there's just no point. Even my neighbor Mary next door sucks them up into a catch bag on her rider and puts them into trash bins to take to the curb. Seems like overkill to me and a complete waste of time.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49945)
• United States
9 Nov
We have a ton of pine straw that seems to keep falling and a few leaves.
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@moffittjc (120992)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov
There is a huge tree in my front yard that is dropping leaves like crazy. I blew off my front walkway and sidewalk last night right before sunset, and this morning the leaves were piled as high as they were yesterday when I blew them off.
@LindaOHio (171927)
• United States
10 Nov
Yup. That's fall for you. The leaves fall down. We had our lawn cut for the last time on Wednesday; but the leaves are still coming down. Have a good day. Love the picture.
