Leaf blowing is driving me insane

[Anonymous]

You need therapy.

This a common, time limited reality of living in the suburbs.

How do you cope with serious problems??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, just leave the leaves. Seriously. You're basically removing free nutrients. Clear pathways and such but: leave the leaves. Better for the environment and your soil quality.

You clearly do not have a yard, kids, and dogs. If I were to ignore or mulch the leaves, I would have a mat of mud by the next spring and would never be able to find the dog droppings. I don't think many of you understand the volume of leaves that fall in older neighborhoods with big trees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, just leave the leaves. Seriously. You're basically removing free nutrients. Clear pathways and such but: leave the leaves. Better for the environment and your soil quality.

You clearly do not have a yard, kids, and dogs. If I were to ignore or mulch the leaves, I would have a mat of mud by the next spring and would never be able to find the dog droppings. I don't think many of you understand the volume of leaves that fall in older neighborhoods with big trees.

You need a basic decent mower. Most every mower now mulches leaves. Have over 40 trees on one of my properties, and a couple mowings after the leaves fall and it's all mulched up and never knew there were any leaves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, just leave the leaves. Seriously. You're basically removing free nutrients. Clear pathways and such but: leave the leaves. Better for the environment and your soil quality.

You clearly do not have a yard, kids, and dogs. If I were to ignore or mulch the leaves, I would have a mat of mud by the next spring and would never be able to find the dog droppings. I don't think many of you understand the volume of leaves that fall in older neighborhoods with big trees.

You need a basic decent mower. Most every mower now mulches leaves. Have over 40 trees on one of my properties, and a couple mowings after the leaves fall and it's all mulched up and never knew there were any leaves.

I mulch our leaves with a mower. So much easier than blowing/raking and bagging leaves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup, the three neighbors surrounding me all use the same company and Thursday is the day they come to do all three homes, which means about 2 straight hours of blowing. I’ve had to move my work stuff into the basement to blunt the noise, it’s so frustrating.

Then go to the office and work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, just leave the leaves. Seriously. You're basically removing free nutrients. Clear pathways and such but: leave the leaves. Better for the environment and your soil quality.

You clearly do not have a yard, kids, and dogs. If I were to ignore or mulch the leaves, I would have a mat of mud by the next spring and would never be able to find the dog droppings. I don't think many of you understand the volume of leaves that fall in older neighborhoods with big trees.

You need a basic decent mower. Most every mower now mulches leaves. Have over 40 trees on one of my properties, and a couple mowings after the leaves fall and it's all mulched up and never knew there were any leaves.

I mulch our leaves with a mower. So much easier than blowing/raking and bagging leaves.

For reals. Always wonder about the mental health of people who still rake and bag leaves. That's just beyond dumb of them.

[Anonymous]

Raking leaves is the one yard chore I enjoy. The sound of the rake, the crisp cold fresh air -- no mosquitos, no heat stroke. Excellent low-impact exercise, too. And the smell: "i LOVE THE SMELL OF RAKING LEAVES IN THE MORNING."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raking leaves is the one yard chore I enjoy. The sound of the rake, the crisp cold fresh air -- no mosquitos, no heat stroke. Excellent low-impact exercise, too. And the smell: "i LOVE THE SMELL OF RAKING LEAVES IN THE MORNING."

So leave them. Rake from one spot to the next until next summer. If you bag then, then you are lying about loving to rake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You live in a neighborhood where people hire lawn crews. Blowing is one of the most labor efficient and impactful things they can do, so it makes sense that they do it all the time.

I live in a neighborhood with a combo of hippie types who leave their leaves for the bugs and lazy types who don’t bother, and I don’t have this problem.

We have other noise though.

But basically that particular noise pollution is a cost of living in a fancy neighborhood.

I'm joining the insanity. If it's supposed to be so efficient how is it possible they started blowing at 8am and are still going?!?!?!?!??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You live in a neighborhood where people hire lawn crews. Blowing is one of the most labor efficient and impactful things they can do, so it makes sense that they do it all the time.

I live in a neighborhood with a combo of hippie types who leave their leaves for the bugs and lazy types who don’t bother, and I don’t have this problem.

We have other noise though.

But basically that particular noise pollution is a cost of living in a fancy neighborhood.

I'm joining the insanity. If it's supposed to be so efficient how is it possible they started blowing at 8am and are still going?!?!?!?!??

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