As others have mentioned, I sometimes mow in reverse to chop up small amounts
of grass or leaves. But this year I finally broke down & bought a
used-but-almost-new J.D. pull behind lawn sweeper. Best $250 I've spent on my
yard in quite some time. It has cut my leaf management time by probably 75% -
I should have done this years ago.
Steve
On Nov 4, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Bill Alburty wrote:
Thank you both for the mulching advice. But I have mulch-envy for my
neighbor's ICE Toro ZTR which sprays out very small sand size particles
and dust. That output I think will actually help the lawn as fertilizer.
My ET output is, at best, 1/2 inch pieces of leaves. In the case of pin
oak leaves, they seem to have a long lasting leathery quality and are slow
to decompose. I think they actually degrade the lawn by sticking to bare
places and making over-seeding ineffective. The ET is especially bad with
deep leaves also as it pushes big piles ahead of itself. I think it can be
better than this.
Bill Alburty, E-12, Kansas
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