Leaf Me Alone

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Yesterday I had an enjoyable day out in the garden +pinn+ raking leaves and burning them. Our garden seems to be leaf central and after a couple of days of the wind blowing from the orchards I needed to do something.
After 6 hours of raking (I did have a couple of breathers and lunch to break it up) and carting the leaves, about 20 barrow loads, up the garden to burn them I was done. I'm ignoring the veg bit of the garden and Flannigan's paddock for now hoping the wind will blow them the other way >fi<
I'm glad I got it done before the temperature dropped and it started snowing.
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Shock!!!!! Horror!!!!!! burning leaves????!!!!!
Waste of good compost material.
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Come on now Dom - man up. )grin2( I think that raking leaves and burning them is a lovely pastime - mainly because I have a teeny garden with no trees, plus I can't really have a bonfire {rofwl}

Also, only 6 hours with several breaks? I made pies yesterday for 6 hours without even a coffee You're such a girl {rofwl}

Is it actually snowing where you are? It's bitterly cold here
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Mo wrote:Shock!!!!! Horror!!!!!! burning leaves????!!!!!
Waste of good compost material.

Maybe but my garden alone produces about 3 cubic yards of leaves, even when squished down, each Autumn. Then During Autumn/Winter when the wind blows from the woods/orchards out the back I get two or three times as much again.
I'd need to turn the whole garden into a compost heap to process all that my garden produces, the chicken poo and all the leaves that blow in from elsewhere.
I have about 6 cubic yards of compost bins at the moment which does me.
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p.penn wrote:
Is it actually snowing where you are? It's bitterly cold here

Yep snowing here, only light but it is settling. Apparently tomorrow we'll have heavy snow.
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Admit it Dom, that wasn't the worst way to spend a day , now was it ?
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Absolutely, just think of the calories you've burned )t' you can probably award yourself one of Mrs B's CKK as a reward

just don't tell her I suggested it )run(
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