November 23: The fall
Nov. 23rd, 2010 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Leaves, leaves everywhere! They're dropping in great piles, especially the oaks now, great springy piles that make you want to kick up your feet when you walk through them to make the rustling noises. And just when I think the colors can't get any more brilliant, they do. It must be like this just before the trees go bare.

Intergenus couple, just as I found them
This time also reminds me how much I dislike leaf blowers. What's wrong with a good old fashioned rake, I ask? It sounds nice and it doesn't smell bad or pollute the air. A leaf blower may be more efficient for huge jobs, but I would contend that often when there are that many leaves to gather, it's under a group of enormous or densely growing trees that don't allow much to grow under them anyway. Why not allow the leaves to moulder rather than blowing them away and leaving bare soil?
Whoops, a bit of a rant there, sorry!

Intergenus couple, just as I found them
This time also reminds me how much I dislike leaf blowers. What's wrong with a good old fashioned rake, I ask? It sounds nice and it doesn't smell bad or pollute the air. A leaf blower may be more efficient for huge jobs, but I would contend that often when there are that many leaves to gather, it's under a group of enormous or densely growing trees that don't allow much to grow under them anyway. Why not allow the leaves to moulder rather than blowing them away and leaving bare soil?
Whoops, a bit of a rant there, sorry!