I need to get a better collection system for my leaves. This year, I used the electric lawnmower with the bag, but it takes about 30 seconds for the bag to get full, so that got old pretty fast. I keep saying that I'm going to get a shredder, but I never seem to have the money for it...
The previous owners of our house obviously tried lots of methods for collecting leaves; they left all the equipment for us when they moved out.
There is an electric leaf blower that works OK, but it has a cord so you are always tethered. It also has a suction/bagging attachment which fills up too quickly to be useful.
The bagger attachment for the riding mower is pretty good if there are only a few leaves on the grass. It doesn't have the capacity for the main leaf drop of the fall.
I would have a hard time paying $1000 for a leaf vac, but it sure is handy. I can make a mountain of mulch with it in an afternoon.
One time I planted some wheat and harvested it by hand with a scythe just to see if I could. The leaf vacuum did a good job of threshing for me. It was a good experiment that I might repeat some day.
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