AVB Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I hate them at this time of year. I have filled up a (full size) skip yet the garden is still covered in them and there are still just as many waiting to come off the trees. What do other PW's do with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I tend to put them on railway lines then have a good laugh at the Daily Mail headlines the following day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Rake them up or cut down the trees or change to evergreen varieties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just LEAVE them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewh100 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 yeah there a pain have to keep clearing all the over spill nets on all the ponds and dams ever two days or the pegs end up under water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted October 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I tend to put them on railway lines then have a good laugh at the Daily Mail headlines the following day. I think I have a lots of the 'wrong type' of leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr smith Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I tend to put them on railway lines then have a good laugh at the Daily Mail headlines the following day. Nowt funny for some of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Compost them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 collect them up on he dryest days and burn, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Compost them. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 collect them up on he dryest days and burn, This. I have maintenance contracts for a few sizable gaffs/manor houses, smallest garden being 3/4 acre, we burn as much as we can. Remaining wet stuff gets composted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 We used to stuff em in old clothes to make the guy for bonfire night! Then stick him aloft the pyre and watch him burn 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Get a micro anaerobic digester plant and from your organic waste you can produce bio-gas to cook with and a liquid/sludge fertiliser for the garden. Go a bit further and you could produce electricity from the gas to feed the Tesla. Or you could save yourself lots of hassle and burn and mulch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I'm the same p***** with raking them up every year,this year I've bought a petrol blower I just open the back gate and reunite them with the trees that have dropped them,job jobbed lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just LEAVE them! +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 My neighbour takes mine (after I have collected them into the big builders gravel bags) and makes compost. I usually get about 5 to 10 big bags well compacted. If I'm lucky, and the wind comes at the right time, a lot blow away, but last year they all had to be collected. The worst offender is a huger sycamore and I have tried to get permission from the council to have it down as if it blows down, it will demolish the house and likely kill someone (probably me!), but they won't give permission. My neighbour would also like it down and supported my application, but to no avail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I quite enjoy raking the leaves on a sunny day or frosty one, then pretend your not looking while the kids trash your piles of leaves, bring it on, which reminds me I need a new rake!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 If you have a mower with a horizontal blades, run it over the leaves. The leaves get shredded and collected by the mower. They compost well like that. Or you can just bag them and get rid down the amenity tip in the compost skip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just wait till after monday they will all be in france by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Pile and burn them, put damp leaves on top and they steam and dry as the heat travels up burning them too. They tend to smoulder for a few hours rather than blaze away unless crispy dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Cleared a heap up earlier in the week, noticed today that another load have made an appearance.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 hello, i often wonder who s idea for councils to pay people to blow leaves from here to there and there to here and then pay the drain men to unblock 1000s of road side drains or not as from what i see here and on tv the roads flood every where the leaves have been blown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted October 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Cleared a heap up earlier in the week, noticed today that another load have made an appearance.. Me too. I did Thursday and today. Will also be out tomorrow. The worst part is my gravel drive. I inevitably end up losing half the gravel regardless of how carefully I rake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Me too. I did Thursday and today. Will also be out tomorrow. The worst part is my gravel drive. I inevitably end up losing half the gravel regardless of how carefully I rake. Get a blower, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted October 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Get a blower, Oh I have. I just haven't mastered how to control the direction of the leaves. I just end up moving the leaves from place to place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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