Leaves

Sumpter · Nov 14, 2010

When I was 15 everything was done manually. Was lucky to have a gas powered push mower. Of course didn't have the yard you have though.

HiTechTed · Nov 14, 2010

When I was 15, I had to walk 15 miles in the snow to get to school, which meant that I had to leave the house at 2:30 AM to make it on time.

Seriously though, I would have -killed- to have a tractor like that to work with around our place. I had to mow 1.5 acres with really junky push mower (not joking about that one)...

CompactTractorFan · Nov 14, 2010

jinman said:
I'm with Taylor, leaves make good compost. I don't build compost piles with mine, but rather I have a plastic chute blocker that came with my mower. I also have mulching blades. My wife and I "mow" our leaves back into the lawn. That way all the nutrients stay in the lawn and we don't have to fertilize as much. It takes about two passes with the mower to mulch completely, but once we're done, we're done until more leaves fall. We don't have to bag or tote them away.

We don't collect all our leaves, so the ones we do not collect just get mulched. Last year we filled our compost pen with all our leaves, but this year it is overflowing...

CompactTractorFan · Nov 14, 2010

jinman said:
Kyle, many cities take leaves and collected organics and make compost out of the materials to use in parks and also to give back to the residents. Do you know what your city does with the leaves they collect? It would seem an awful waste to just put them into a landfill.

Our township has a composting program that turns the leaves into free compost for our residents, but we have more compost then we know what to do with...