Not the Last of the Leaves
Nov. 23rd, 2008 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feste_sylvainYesterday, I spent two and a half hours raking leaves, and only got half of the yard done. This is distressing because it usually takes me three hours to rake the whole yard.
Trouble was, this was at least two weeks of leaf-fall, because I couldn't rake last weekend. I couldn't rake last weekend because it had been raining all that week, and all of the leaves were wet.
Then this week, we had freezing temperatures all week. Even at the height of day.
So much of the lawn had leaves frozen to it. Each pass revealed patches of white ice. I raked a large amount of leaves, but there is still many mats of leaves left.
Today, I finished the yard, and even returned to some of yesterday's mats which had been exposed to the sun.
Tuesday, we expect rain, and it should stay above freezing (during the day) until after Thanksgiving. So when I return from my mother-in-law's, I should be able to finish for real.
And really finish. Oaks usually try to hang onto a hefty amount of leaves to prove their macho by holding them up in the snow all winter. But the heavy rains from last week pretty much denuded the oaks, so there's nothing left to fall.
Trouble was, this was at least two weeks of leaf-fall, because I couldn't rake last weekend. I couldn't rake last weekend because it had been raining all that week, and all of the leaves were wet.
Then this week, we had freezing temperatures all week. Even at the height of day.
So much of the lawn had leaves frozen to it. Each pass revealed patches of white ice. I raked a large amount of leaves, but there is still many mats of leaves left.
Today, I finished the yard, and even returned to some of yesterday's mats which had been exposed to the sun.
Tuesday, we expect rain, and it should stay above freezing (during the day) until after Thanksgiving. So when I return from my mother-in-law's, I should be able to finish for real.
And really finish. Oaks usually try to hang onto a hefty amount of leaves to prove their macho by holding them up in the snow all winter. But the heavy rains from last week pretty much denuded the oaks, so there's nothing left to fall.
