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Precisely 43 bags of leaves later...our backyard is clear. Just in time for the wind to kick up and blow all our neighbors' leaves into the yard.

Posted by ML (aka Iadodger) Oct 23 '16, 16:11

would have been about half the # of bags but my Toro vacuum/blower broke about 10% in so we had to bag by hand from that point on

still, better than last year when I had to do this with a busted wrist

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there's a neat little wind tunnel effect that collects all of the neighbourhood leaves and drops them in my driveway - Reagen Oct 23, 16:21
If V1 and V2 ever want extra allowance money when theyre old enough -- nm - budice Oct 23, 16:19
Holy smokes. I can feel my hands getting raked-calloused just reading this. But: Why not just mulch the leaves with the mower? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 16:13 2
- I'd have to have a bag attachment, which I don't. So it's hand-held for now. Someday... -- nm - ML Oct 23, 16:14 1
  - don't use the bag, close the hatch, let the leaves and grass get chewed up and blown into the grass, saves on lawn food since a 1/4 or more is return. - zeitgeist Oct 23, 16:30
Probably my least favorite thing about owning a house. -- nm - VolnHELLk Oct 23, 16:13 1
- It takes up most of a weekend every fall, which stinks. But the weather was glorious, so it made it a lot more tolerable. - ML Oct 23, 16:17

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Precisely 43 bags of leaves later...our backyard is clear. Just in time for the wind to kick up and blow all our neighbors' leaves into the yard.

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