buck knife and hacksaw blade, two strokes around the trunk a foot apart, peel off the bark in between them. no more leaves to rake. works 100% of the time.
That will kill the tree!! We need to plant more trees, not kill the ones we have.i am surrounded by huge oaks and maples and never complain about the amount of leaves because they are so beautiful, provide shade and help the environment.
My leaf-blower also vacuums and mulches – it has a bag attachment and I empty that into giant orange/black plastic bags that end up looking like huge pumpkins for Halloween.
I’ve got 3 big gum trees that have the spikey seed pods and huge leaves like oak … every fall it’s the same – middle tree drops first, then the northern tree and then the southern tree is last … splatters of leaves in between from all just keep things lively … my version of San Diego snow … I mulch them up and add them as compost to my fruit trees … but it is a pain – at the heaviest, I run the mower and in 5 hours, you cannot tell I did anything.
Zero-Gabriel over 11 years ago
Don’t they sell vacuum cleaners for those things…??Or ones where you can sit, drive and vacuum on…??
Doctor11 over 11 years ago
There are leaf blowers.
dfowensby over 11 years ago
buck knife and hacksaw blade, two strokes around the trunk a foot apart, peel off the bark in between them. no more leaves to rake. works 100% of the time.
Sharon Hayes over 11 years ago
That will kill the tree!! We need to plant more trees, not kill the ones we have.i am surrounded by huge oaks and maples and never complain about the amount of leaves because they are so beautiful, provide shade and help the environment.
dtegtmeier51 over 11 years ago
My leaf-blower also vacuums and mulches – it has a bag attachment and I empty that into giant orange/black plastic bags that end up looking like huge pumpkins for Halloween.
crystalwizard over 11 years ago
Just mow over them, grind them into compost, and let them decompose back into your grass.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 11 years ago
I guess Jimbo can’t take it anymore.
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
Jimbo is the Fall guy.
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
Why doesn’t Clem hog all the leaves and take them away?
Elderflower over 11 years ago
I’m pretty certain dfowensby was speaking tongue in cheek…
freeholder1 over 11 years ago
Pine trees oxygenate and you just have to deal with the cones and a few needles.
freeholder1 over 11 years ago
Say hi to the tarantulas and scorpions for us. I’ll take the leaves.
rugratz2222 over 11 years ago
I’ve got 3 big gum trees that have the spikey seed pods and huge leaves like oak … every fall it’s the same – middle tree drops first, then the northern tree and then the southern tree is last … splatters of leaves in between from all just keep things lively … my version of San Diego snow … I mulch them up and add them as compost to my fruit trees … but it is a pain – at the heaviest, I run the mower and in 5 hours, you cannot tell I did anything.