The city of Flint posted signs last week that leaf pickup would begin in our neighborhood this week and from experience, I knew that they would hit my street the first day, so as soon as the sky started turning gray this morning, I put on some warm clothes and headed out for my yearly leaf collection. That early in the morning I couldn't use my riding mower with the bagger to pick any up, so I started raking folks leaves out into the street. By the time I got them all raked out, it was going on 9:30 AM (I only do front yards) so I went and got my riding mower with a trailer attached and also got out my 6 - 50 gallon trash cans (that I bought just for this purpose) and started shoveling up the leaves that folks had already raked out to the curb plus the ones that I had raked. I'd fill all 6 cans, set them on my trailer then haul them out to the garden. First I filled all 16 of my raised beds then started building a pile to mix with kitchen refuse and another seperate pile to use as mulch once my plants are in next spring. by the time I got all the leaves from all 14 houses gathered up it was 12:30 and I am whupped! The pile of leaves for mulch is over 20 feet long and taller than me. I actually ended up climbing the pile to empty the cans on top.
Happy November to all,
Happy November to all,