Wednesday, November 4, 2015

The Futility of Fall

I spent about twenty minutes raking the lawn right outside the dining room door before going to pick up Charlie from preschool.


Sadly, this is the "after" picture, though I know it looks more like most people's "before." And I've already raked this lawn twice in the past week.


This is the pile I raked up in those twenty minutes.


And this is what was still above me. Curses.

So pretty. So much work. Must be fall at Blackrock.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 4, 2015 at 10:09 PM

    I read three gardening articles yesterday saying to just mow your leaves and leave them. They even said to leave them in the flower beds.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 5, 2015 at 10:30 AM

    We never rake and we have a lot of trees. Each Spring the grass comes up just fine even though it's never been cleared. I'd leave them.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 5, 2015 at 10:42 AM

    Maybe why forests do so well. :)

    An article from the National Wildlife Federation on why you should not rake.

    http://blog.nwf.org/2014/11/what-to-do-with-fallen-leaves/

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  4. tu mere mereNovember 5, 2015 at 2:30 PM

    Could you make sure a few stay on the trees so we can appreciate the colors? Promise I'll rake after they fall.

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