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novawagonmaster
10-27-2009, 02:40 PM
...where the damn trees don't shed their leaves?

I spent a couple hours in the yard with my boys last night cleaning up leaves. When I woke up this morning, you would never know we picked up a single leaf:banghead:
OnTheRock'08
10-27-2009, 02:55 PM
Pacific Northwest. Fir trees, cedar trees. Moved here from NY. Own 10 acres of land. Don't even own a rake ! And.. no sidewalk to shovel. ... But, in the spring, I have to get on the riding mower twice a week !
CT-MSRT
10-27-2009, 02:58 PM
Pacific Northwest. Fir trees, cedar trees. Moved here from NY. Own 10 acres of land. Don't even own a rake ! And.. no sidewalk to shovel. ... But, in the spring, I have to get on the riding mower twice a week !

riding is better than raking. but in the end, both are still not as good as being ridden....
novawagonmaster
10-27-2009, 05:25 PM
riding is better than raking. but in the end, both are still not as good as being ridden....

Since you are in CT, does that mean you get to be the human toboggan in the winter?
FloridaRT
10-27-2009, 05:26 PM
All depends on what kind of trees you have, we even have trees down here in Florida that drop their leaves.

Even the palm trees shed..................... LOL


Bob
Shane T.
10-27-2009, 07:14 PM
South Carolina is out. Piles of multi colored leaves everwhere!
da BoMM
10-27-2009, 07:32 PM
I planted 3 Live Oaks in my backyard 15 years ago - bought them at K-Mart for $13 apiece-- they are absolutely beautiful now (and, on paper, they're "evergreen"), but they too shed their leaves once a year (with new leaves right behind the old ones) and one right now is full of acorns, which are a PITA in our pool -- the pleasures of living in suburbia :roll:
Sublime130
10-27-2009, 07:49 PM
...where the damn trees don't shed their leaves?

I spent a couple hours in the yard with my boys last night cleaning up leaves. When I woke up this morning, you would never know we picked up a single leaf:banghead:


Sorry, I had to put them somewhere...........
jatee
10-27-2009, 07:53 PM
took my tractor today and road over the yard 3 times and chewed them all up to little mulch. :) screw that raking thing. :)
novawagonmaster
10-27-2009, 07:58 PM
All depends on what kind of trees you have, we even have trees down here in Florida that drop their leaves.

Even the palm trees shed..................... LOL


Bob

Hmmm...must keep checking farther South. Aruba anyone? LOL!

took my tractor today and road over the yard 3 times and chewed them all up to little mulch. :) screw that raking thing. :)

Must be a Geneva thing:Na_Na_Na_Na:

Sorry, I had to put them somewhere...........
Put them in jatee's yard next time. He'll just cruise around chopping them up.:mrgreen:
sound&security
10-27-2009, 08:05 PM
...where the damn trees don't shed their leaves?

I spent a couple hours in the yard with my boys last night cleaning up leaves. When I woke up this morning, you would never know we picked up a single leaf:banghead:
move to FLA!! we dont rake up leaves or shovel snow. :Na_Na_Na_Na: did i mention it was 92 today?
sound&security
10-27-2009, 08:08 PM
All depends on what kind of trees you have, we even have trees down here in Florida that drop their leaves.

Even the palm trees shed..................... LOL


Bob
but the lawn service runs over them for you since their there every freaking week to keep up with the lawn growing so fast. one rain and the lawn is a foot deep
CVP33
10-27-2009, 08:12 PM
Buy a leaf blower. I don't have leaves, but my neighbors sure as hell do. That'll teach 'em to go to church on Sunday. :mrgreen:
CT-MSRT
10-27-2009, 08:15 PM
Since you are in CT, does that mean you get to be the human toboggan in the winter?

Only when the wife gets a snow day.:mrgreen:
novawagonmaster
10-27-2009, 08:27 PM
move to FLA!! we dont rake up leaves or shovel snow. :Na_Na_Na_Na: did i mention it was 92 today?

Yes, and you also mentioned you had lizards, snakes, and scorpions in your bed.:blam:
MoparOhio
10-27-2009, 08:59 PM
Trees around our house are starting to mature and last year was the first year they were in the gutters..... However, leaves I can deal with for a month... winter on the other hand...... We want to move somewhere South to get away from snow.... someday.
S L U G
10-27-2009, 09:20 PM
:mrgreen:try polland!..............let us know how it turns out.
Joepar
10-28-2009, 03:15 PM
I say its a tricky question....

Move a little south to get away from snow and then you have ice..I will take snow any day over ice.

Move a lot south and then you have neither but man can it get HOT!!!

I have thought about this but then I thought "Heck I get it all right here so I will just stay put so I can have a reason to complain about it all.":rock:

Seriously though you guys have a lot of nice scenery that I don't get here in Central Illinois (FLAT). I have to admit I was a bit envious when driving to the LX Nats.
Token
10-28-2009, 03:24 PM
NORTH Jon..... Really NORTH.

Alaska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska) 152°W68°N
Trees grow north to the south facing slopes of the Brooks Range. The mountains block cold air coming off of the Arctic Ocean.

Move above the arctic tree line and your leaf issues are gone.... No snakes or lizards either... Hope you're happy. LOL!
RT NOMAD
10-28-2009, 03:36 PM
Just south of Key West.
gooeytek
10-28-2009, 03:44 PM
Vegas ! F*ck the vegetation ...
07ChargerSRT8
10-28-2009, 04:30 PM
All depends on what kind of trees you have, we even have trees down here in Florida that drop their leaves.

Even the palm trees shed..................... LOL


Bob

Yep. I live in Ormond Beach Florida and I was out raking this morning. I keep telling my wife we need a condo on the beach. Then all we have to worry about is hurricanes.:blam:
jatee
10-28-2009, 10:54 PM
Must be a Geneva thing:Na_Na_Na_Na:


Put them in jatee's yard next time. He'll just cruise around chopping them up.:mrgreen:[/QUOTE]

any leaves appearing in my yard are magically converted to a beneficial mulch for my bueatiful lawn. :)
chuck-n-michelle
10-30-2009, 08:06 AM
Maybe you should try a rig like my dad has...He has a leaf vacuum attachment for his riding lawn mower. He just rides around the yard sucking up the leaves and then dumps them into the mulch/compost bin (or just a big pile out at the edge of the woods :) ).
MagnumFierce
10-30-2009, 11:21 AM
<<<chewed them all up to little mulch>>> X2. This way I don't need to put down as much fertilizer, just a little lime.

Plan 2: CHAINSAW. Then you also get firewood next season.
ChargerChick
10-30-2009, 09:25 PM
Move to Phoenix. Cactus don't have leaves. :mrgreen:
novawagonmaster
10-31-2009, 09:51 AM
Move to Phoenix. Cactus don't have leaves. :mrgreen:

Yeah, but all those pricks?!:bahdumcha:
StarmanUSVI
10-31-2009, 10:31 AM
I live in the United States Virgin Islands, America's Paradise. Almost every tree down here is evergreen, and I don't mean pines. The tropical trees in the islands drop very few leaves in comparison to the deciduous trees up north. You definitely won't spend hours raking. A little maintenance is all it takes. However, we have an average year round temperature of about 87 degrees, and an almost constant tradewind of 5 - 10 mph. I have lived here 20 years and I love it. I highly recommend it. By the way I live on the island of St Thomas.

:thumbs_u:
Pigman 440
10-31-2009, 11:41 AM
I keep yard mowed very close and hope the prevailing winds blow them toward my neighbor who does the same thing and hopes I get all of his. We used to do them several times a week for the month or more it takes for them all to drop. Now do it every week or so and an hour with good blower takes care of them. Bradford Pears and Horn Beam don't drop leaves till very late November into Dec.