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11-11-2007, 05:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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My favorite part of raking was burning leaves back when that was allowed. Loved the smell, now it means the friggin neighborhood vandals have set the woods on fire again.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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11-11-2007, 05:55 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I rake mine....with a lawnmower!!!!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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11-11-2007, 06:11 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
I rake mine....with a lawnmower!!!! |
i have to finish with that tomorrow  |
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11-11-2007, 08:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
I rake mine....with a lawnmower!!!! |
I wait for a noreaster and my neighbor gets my leaves then his landscaper cleans them up.  |
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11-11-2007, 09:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i haven't even started
my back pack leaf blower needs to have the carb blown out
then it'll work again.....but that will be just to make windrows
to run them over with the lawn mower.....like larry says...
and then i'll spread the confetty sized leaves on the garden and til them in... and let the worms eatem  |
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11-11-2007, 09:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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oh yeah AND JAKE
our greatest fun as kids was to sneak in some chestnuts
into the pile of leaves while burning them while the attendee
wasn't looking...then run back and pretend we never left our spot
then we'd watch as the guy stood near the pile and the chestnuts would blow up scaring the crap outta him...  |
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11-11-2007, 10:08 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
I rake mine....with a lawnmower!!!! |
Great minds think alike  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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11-11-2007, 10:29 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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I blow mine into my neighbors yard, depending on the wind. Works well.
The rest get mowed
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11-11-2007, 10:29 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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ProfessorM......no bag on my mower.....mulch! 
MikeP......  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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11-11-2007, 11:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 373
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I bought a 20hp garden tractor several years ago mainly for this very purpose. I have tried every method, raking, blowing, yard vacuum, but the best in my opinion is the tractor. Sucks every last leaf up. If anyone else does it this way, I got "bagging" blades for my tractor and it picks up even better. I notice way more airflow coming up the chute. Most of them come with mulching blades when new. I always compost my stuff and never mulch so it works out great. I truly don't mind the exercise of raking leaves, and I still do a little to get hard to reach places, but I find the whole raking process so inefficient, because of the amount of work needed to achieve the end result.
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11-12-2007, 07:03 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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The first year we were in the house I raked them...I got 120 of those big yard bags.....frig that....it took forever too..now we wait till they all fall and hire someone......I'll get a small tractor one of theses days
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