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Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

Its really nice to mow when its snowing. You don't get so sweaty that way.

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SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

If poor Tx ever, ever had any rain I'd have to go outside and stand in it

LOL

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@SharkE wrote:
If poor Tx ever, ever had any rain I'd have to go outside and stand in it
LOL

@SharkE That's EXACTLY what we do in Phoenix when it SNOWS (once every 5 years, or so)

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catter70 · ‎10-11-2017

@hckynut , sounds like you have your hands full. I just have one big maple but it hasn't dropped it's leaves until the last week. I was able to mow a bit in the front in the beginning, but then it got away from me. I just got over brochitis again so that was that. Didn't want to go thru it again. You take care of yourself.

kitcat51 · ‎09-15-2016

I read this thread & laughed because I'm mowing leaves today. Got up this morning to a light dusting of snow, windy conditions & dressed in layers I walked out to the road looked both ways BUT didn't see a soul with rakes, blowers, mowers coming to help so it's up to me to get the job done over the next 4 days. I had no idea my nosey judgemental neighbors would care...Did they OMG, did they gasp & faint too? And I thought mowing leaves was a thankless job, good grief.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

Most of my leaves blew away in the 70mph winds we had the other day. The leaves which remained are along one side of my yard against a fence. I'm not going to rake or mow. I'll just wait until spring and have my yard guy take care of it. My pine trees are shedding their needles and what a mess I had on my driveway and walks. Needles don't blow away in the wind...they just collect into mini drifts of needles that cover everything.

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

Mowing leaves beats raking them any day.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@depglass wrote:
Mowing leaves beats raking them any day.

@depglass

I agree, however! We have a huge wired fenced in yard, and the leaves also end up against the South side of our house and Patio Room. So there is a whole lot of raking before the mulching mower begins.

My wife used to help, but with her recent medical issues, I don't want her anywhere raking or near the leaf dust. By the time I take the covers off the mower belts, blow it clean and put it back together?

It's a good 5 hour job for sure, and that's if I don't have to get off to clean around the pulleys so the belts don't get moved off of them. If that happens? Mower lift/wrenches, and a lot of prying to get the belts to the blades back on those 4 pulleys. Don't even want to think about that job.

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jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

@hckynut

Good thing you are protecting your eyes and mouth when mowing over the leaves ! One year DH was doing the leaf mulching and ended up in the ER: some leaves had poison ivy oil on them and the dust that arose caused DH's face and eyes to swell. The poison ivy aerosolized and landed on his whole face.

I never saw such swelling, it was very scary.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
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