Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Friday, October 17, 2014
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Monday, November 19, 2012
In color style
The variety of leaf colors in New England is legendary. This fall is no exception. Color surrounds us. Most trees seem to have dropped their load aided by Hurricane Sandy but some still hold on.
Running around Franklin Sunday morning found this stretch of trees dropping their leaves as the wind blew.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Red bush shedding
It is a good thing I took this picture when I did.
Going by the bush yesterday, the red leaves lie in a ring around the ground below the bush.
Life can be fleeting. Make your moments count.
Start today
Going by the bush yesterday, the red leaves lie in a ring around the ground below the bush.
Life can be fleeting. Make your moments count.
Start today
Monday, November 01, 2010
leaf herding
What is leaf herding?
In the fall in New England, the leaves descend from the deciduous trees and decorate the ground. Normal process is to rake them up into leaf bags for the DPW to haul away, or to pile them into some appropriate space along the property and just let them mulch away. I prefer to do the later and have space along one side and the whole back of our land to distribute the leaves. The natural process then does its thing.
Instead of raking the whole yard, section by section, I prefer to do what I call 'leaf herding'. Using my aged but functional mower (shown in the picture) without a bag, I cut the grass in a circular pattern blowing the cuttings and leaves inside the circle. As the circle gets smaller, the leaves and grass cutting pile gets larger or longer if it is more rectangular than circular.
When the pile either gets to hard to go through, or the blowing starts to spread beyond the pile, I stop and use the rake to herd the remainder of the pile. Coaxing the pile towards its destination, a rake full at a time, I herd the leaves into their final resting spot.
For this final section of leaves, I started at the far end of the pile shown in the picture and worked the leaves along the line of the pile and then to the right of the picture where the trees are.
With a little luck, this may be the last leaf herding I'll need to do this season.
How do you handle your leaves?
Do you do something like leaf herding?
In the fall in New England, the leaves descend from the deciduous trees and decorate the ground. Normal process is to rake them up into leaf bags for the DPW to haul away, or to pile them into some appropriate space along the property and just let them mulch away. I prefer to do the later and have space along one side and the whole back of our land to distribute the leaves. The natural process then does its thing.
Instead of raking the whole yard, section by section, I prefer to do what I call 'leaf herding'. Using my aged but functional mower (shown in the picture) without a bag, I cut the grass in a circular pattern blowing the cuttings and leaves inside the circle. As the circle gets smaller, the leaves and grass cutting pile gets larger or longer if it is more rectangular than circular.
When the pile either gets to hard to go through, or the blowing starts to spread beyond the pile, I stop and use the rake to herd the remainder of the pile. Coaxing the pile towards its destination, a rake full at a time, I herd the leaves into their final resting spot.
For this final section of leaves, I started at the far end of the pile shown in the picture and worked the leaves along the line of the pile and then to the right of the picture where the trees are.
With a little luck, this may be the last leaf herding I'll need to do this season.
How do you handle your leaves?
Do you do something like leaf herding?
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Friday, October 03, 2008
Flat bottom clouds
it is a nice day. a little cool, but it is October. the clouds have flat bottoms.
when did you last see a cloud with a flat bottom?
when did you last see a cloud with a flat bottom?
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