Re: [gardeners] leaves
hboswel1@bellsouth.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:53:07 -0500
Hi Matt! Good to hear from you.... last Wednesday was Leaf Fall for me. I've done some leaf clean-up this fall - my Bradford pear and some small trees prov ided about 7 bags of shredded leaves (I use a vac-mulch to get some up, and mulch them with my mower into the collection for others). But overhanging my yard is the second-largest red oak in Mississippi, a massive tree that you can see on Alan Zelhart's winter garden web page. It drops a few leaves early, but most always seem to fall in a one or two day period. And the amount is incredible. I cleaned up the leaves from the walk in front of a side door, and off the cobblestone walks in my front yard and the front porch, so far. That has provided 8 bags of shredded leaves. The yard is covered with leaves a foot deep in some places. This is one big tree!! I'll do a cleanup, then just mulch the rest and let them lie.
Harry
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> From: M T <tropicalgarden2000@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2002/12/22 Sun AM 02:00:07 EST
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: [gardeners] leaves
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> Finally had a beautiful day and time off to enjoy it!
>
> Ended up filling 4 plastic shopping bags from cleaning up after the
> dog... LOL. It's been 2 months since I had time off and daylight when
> the yard had been dry enough not to be too messy.
> We have had good rains consistently for several months. We went from
> being low on rainfall this summer to 5 inches above normal for the year
> and 16 inches above last years total. Thank God!
>
> Thank you Margaret for the barrel and weedeater suggestion for
> mulching the leaves! Had time to try it today. It's slow but it works
> great. The Bradford pear has finally dropped most of its leaves. It
> should be bare by the end of the week.
>
> We have had a wonderfully mild winter so far. Hoping for it to
> continue!
>
> Still not sure whether to go with the 3 inch sand or gravel base for
> the patio under the trees. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Good Gardening
> Matt in Norfolk, Virginia USDA zone 8
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