We had one more day of blowing Oak leaves this week, and that pretty much did it for the neighbor's trees. Yesterday the London Plane lawn was thickly covered so we blew it without the neighbor's help because it was mainly our problem. Having two people instead of three was a bit different. We had a good west breeze which was hitting the garage corner and swirling back. London Plane leaves are large and curly and they pick up air very easily. That makes them much easier to move than Oak leaves, but also makes them more unruly. We decided early on that the best idea would be to blow them into a pile right there and then moved them with the tractor.
Blowing a short distance worked well from every direction.
There are some leaves still on the trees, but a manageable amount. It has become apparent, that these fast growing trees, while beautiful, get bigger, taller and leafier every year. I remember when the leaves could just be mulched with the mower. Not anymore!
You might be surprised at what those look like on the ground.
We packed them into the loader as firmly as possible and made five trips to the wooded area on our east border where we have sort of a wild compost/fill area in a low, mucky spot where we dump rocks, gravel, soil and coarse or "diseased" plant material.
We've created about 25 feet square of good ground here. Below is the last area we did.
Now it's mowable instead of being rough and wet.
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