I have a gas one. But I also work from home, so I use much less gas than the average person to begin with. I plan to replace it with an electric unit when this one quits.
I mostly clean them off the driveway, paths, and grass since they get slick as it’s quite rainy here. I usually will try to mulch them and add them back to the flower beds, or compost most of what I clean up. I uave a few areas where I don’t clean them at all. But the drive and paths are a must.
I want to eventually convert the front grass to a native habitat and am in the process of getting certified, but that takes time and we just started recently. Once it’s mostly converted, I won’t need to leaf blow that area any longer.
I recently moved to a new place surrounded by leafy trees and realized I’ll actually have to rake the yard, for the first time in a very long time.
But I also just bought a small leaf blower to clear the driveway after mowing… and you made me realize that it’s… well… a leaf blower. I hope it’s powerful enough, but I bet it’ll still speed things up regardless
Yeah, it should help some. It was taking my wife and I a fair amount of time to clean it all up, every weekend during the fall. Now, I can blow it into a huge pile in about 15-20 minutes. Then I can mulch it, add it to the compost, or just send it to the yard debris container. It was a bit pricey, but has saved me countless hours.
A leaf blower. I have a massive amout of leafy trees and it ised to be an all day chore to clean it up in the fall. Now, it takes about 20 minutes.
Hopefully you have an electric one. The gas ones are fucking terrible for the environment.
I have a gas one. But I also work from home, so I use much less gas than the average person to begin with. I plan to replace it with an electric unit when this one quits.
Why clean up leaves at all? What happens if you don’t?
I mostly clean them off the driveway, paths, and grass since they get slick as it’s quite rainy here. I usually will try to mulch them and add them back to the flower beds, or compost most of what I clean up. I uave a few areas where I don’t clean them at all. But the drive and paths are a must.
I want to eventually convert the front grass to a native habitat and am in the process of getting certified, but that takes time and we just started recently. Once it’s mostly converted, I won’t need to leaf blow that area any longer.
Sounds awesome!
Also I didn’t really think about them being in paths and being a danger. Good point!
Thanks for the reply!
I recently moved to a new place surrounded by leafy trees and realized I’ll actually have to rake the yard, for the first time in a very long time.
But I also just bought a small leaf blower to clear the driveway after mowing… and you made me realize that it’s… well… a leaf blower. I hope it’s powerful enough, but I bet it’ll still speed things up regardless
Yeah, it should help some. It was taking my wife and I a fair amount of time to clean it all up, every weekend during the fall. Now, I can blow it into a huge pile in about 15-20 minutes. Then I can mulch it, add it to the compost, or just send it to the yard debris container. It was a bit pricey, but has saved me countless hours.
I have this one. It’s hurricane force when turned up all the way. never had a problem pushing anything with it.
I also recently bought an electric hedge trimmer, which I love. Should have bought one years ago, it saves so much time compared to hand clippers.