Leaves of Green

[urb1]

By this time of year, I have usually filled 25 to 30 bags of leaves. To date, I've filled five. There's probably enough leaves in the yard right now to fill one more.

What's with the leaves not falling this year? Most of the leaves in the trees are still green. The majority of the trees in the neighborhood are the same way. On the plus side, I have been enjoyed watching the Clones instead of listening to them on the radio for a change. But if we get a wet snow before these leaves fall, these tree limbs are going to snap off.

 

[nocsious3]

Have you had a fair amount of rain or are you irrigating your yard?

 

[urb1]

Have you had a fair amount of rain or are you irrigating your yard?

I think most of the summer we were below average in rainfall but we had more than average in October. I don't irrigate.

 

[3TrueFans]

Apparently they were all in my yard. You're welcome.

 

[Gunnerclone]

We didn’t get a real frost in DSM until last night and they are falling hard today. That cloud cover was nice the last two weeks.

 

[cycloner29]

I pray for the southerly winds each fall. Neighbor as a huge ash tree in the front yard and a huge red maple in the back yard. South wind did a pretty good job with the ash tree this fall.

Stupid neighbor just breaks out is mower on the lowest setting and mulches them all. Hard to tell if his front yard is brown from all the mulch or from the dirt due to lack of grass.

I just finished mulching and bagging my yard had about 8 bags and threw it on my garden and tilled it.

 

[CloneGuy8]

I have them all over my yard. I've raked them in the past, but I'm just going to mow over them since I'm lazy. Plus apparently it's good for the lawn

 

[agcy68]

I am hoping for a North wind, but if my Ash and Red Maple do fall in my yard, instead of my neighbor's, I will just drop the mower real low and mulch them up. My selfish neighbor won't let me put them in his garden so that is the next best thing.

 

[nocsious3]

Mulching is the way to go if your mower does a good job. It's not good to just leave the leaves on the yard obviously.

Trees will hold their leaves longer if they get good moisture through the Summer and Fall. Some trees hold out much longer than others. My cottonwoods in the back start dropping some mid summer. Lots of Maples are dropping after the hard freeze last night. Whatever kind of tree that is in my front yard hasn't even turned yet.

 

[Gonzo]

Thanks Obama.

 

[Clonehomer]

Our maples are almost done. I think we're up to 30 paper bags by now. We've tried to mulch them in the past but we end up with 2-3 inches thick of leaves drop in what seems like one day and the mower just can't handle it.

I'm going to try to lay an inch or two of compost down this spring to try and make up for the nutrient loss.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Bathroom contractors have been here off and on for the last few weeks. They ask "So, do you do anything other than fall leaf and yard work?" Me, "Nope, not much else."

Stopped counting at 50 bags. Been stretched out because the leaves have been falling for like three weeks and still not done. Maple, oak and ginko are finally mostly done but the magnolia and crabapple still haven't dumped. Guessing half my leaves are oak. I don't have an oak on my property but neighbors have like a forest of them.

 

[agcy68]

5 houses ago, in Wisconsin, we had some younger Pin Oaks that would hold there leaves through the winter. Just didn't seem right raking leaves in the spring...

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Meh. It's a lost cause...fourteen years ago we bought a house situated in the middle of three acres of woods...oak, ash, linden, maple, locust, shagbark. MAYBE 2-3 evergreens. Don't rake much, don't bag much. Resistance is futile.

 

[urb1]

I pray for the southerly winds each fall. Neighbor as a huge ash tree in the front yard and a huge red maple in the back yard. South wind did a pretty good job with the ash tree this fall.

Stupid neighbor just breaks out is mower on the lowest setting and mulches them all. Hard to tell if his front yard is brown from all the mulch or from the dirt due to lack of grass.

I just finished mulching and bagging my yard had about 8 bags and threw it on my garden and tilled it.

I am hoping for a North wind, but if my Ash and Red Maple do fall in my yard, instead of my neighbor's, I will just drop the mower real low and mulch them up. My selfish neighbor won't let me put them in his garden so that is the next best thing.

I'm in the northern winds camp. Southern winds brings them into the yard. Northern blows them into the street behind my back fence, never to be seen again (by me!).

 

[CtownCyclone]

I am hoping for a North wind, but if my Ash and Red Maple do fall in my yard, instead of my neighbor's, I will just drop the mower real low and mulch them up. My selfish neighbor won't let me put them in his garden so that is the next best thing.

Hope your neighbor isn't the type to throw a crushing blindside tackle...

 

[khardbored]

Hope your neighbor isn't the type to throw a crushing blindside tackle...

Actual footage of Rand Paul & Neighbor . . .

 

[TXCyclones]

By this time of year, I have usually filled 25 to 30 bags of leaves. To date, I've filled five. There's probably enough leaves in the yard right now to fill one more.

What's with the leaves not falling this year? Most of the leaves in the trees are still green. The majority of the trees in the neighborhood are the same way. On the plus side, I have been enjoyed watching the Clones instead of listening to them on the radio for a change. But if we get a wet snow before these leaves fall, these tree limbs are going to snap off.

This tweet made me laugh because it seemed every tree on campus this past weekend looked just like this. It was like overnight they took off their summer clothes to join the polar bear club.

 

[Gorm]

I have two maples on opposite ends of the back yard. I always just take the leaf blower and scatter them around the rest of the yard, then mulch. It has worked well in years past.

Unfortunately, I have 2 other trees that hang onto their leafs almost into December. I'm lucky if I can get to those before the snow flies.