Do you rake or vacuum?
Autumn is in full swing, and the leaves are rapidly changing from luscious shades of green, to a combination of fiery reds, oranges and yellows.
Autumn leaves start out beautiful, but eventually they fall and become a bit of a mess on the lawn. Leaf clearing-up is not a chore most gardeners look forward to. Just as you gather them together in a nice big pile, the wind whips up and scatters them once again!
At this time of the year we are faced with the option of either leaving all the fallen leaves until the trees are bare, or clearing them up as they fall.
So what do you do? Do you do little and often or wait and do one job at the end of the season? Do you rake, sweep, vacuum or blow? What do you do with all those fallen leaves – bonfire, compost or recycle?
Do you rake or vacuum?
89 people have already voted, what's your opinion? I rake my leaves I use a leaf blower/vacuumWhat are your views?
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I wish our council would clear the leaves from the streets. We have avenues of tree near us. The leaves when dry are ok but when wet or there's a frost, they become slippery.
Rant over!
I know your post was a parody of past times, but those times made us who we are. British.
We can't be Europeans because we're just not. We're British, toast and thick cut marmalade for breakfast with Indian tea, a liquid lunch with the chaps, afternoon tea with the vicar and dinner, silver service of course! Followed by a stiff brandy in a large balloon and a cigar. If in the right company a game of snooker to follow. Or maybe Bridge if the ladies are present.
Beats a MacDonalds and a Flymo everytime.
Discipline, my dear chap? Discipline? The young have rights these days, don't you know? We didn't have rights! Six of the best I'd say, what about you?
Returning to a fine Hennessy XO by a log fire.