Snails - Response on Threads Part 4

[Sgt. Pepper]

morning, y'all!

and loading flight tracker

morning, frannie!

we're up, up and away and halfway to miami

you can't expect me to read properly when i got the boy up in the air!


and same scenario with possible frost here this weekend!

that's all that has to be said. Oh, and Poor Boy.

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, gracie and pepper!

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

morning, snail people.

 

[CES]

Heya Pepper.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

morning, chris.

 

[tiburonfirst]

getting ready to land and almost time for joan ..............

where's that sunshine?

 

[AttyPops]

I'm right here!

good morning worried-about-the-boy Tibs.
Morning CES, Pepper, Fran, snails.

The few mobile plants here are just in Pots. Moved into breezeway for autumn a while ago.
It's the leaves... (Bear comment forthcoming)

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, atty!

 

[CES]

morning, Atty

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

getting ready to land and almost time for joan ..............

where's that sunshine?

Oh Great!! Now you can track Poor Joan.

p.s. don't forget to dust my picture.

 

[MadOzodi]

G'mornin, snails!

I actually had a good experience at the USPS office yesterday...they actually spent the time looking for my package instead of telling me to come back right before they "closed".

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, mad!

getting ready for the second take-off and trying to clean inbetween

 

[Sniffle]

Ugh... Morning... Day 3 of running around #1 has his 18month appointment today... For some reason it usually works out so that it all happens in 1 week hopefully we're done for a few weeks

 

[SilverBear]

Just sharing:
Wind Map

 

[SilverBear]

It's the leaves... (Bear comment forthcoming)

If you have few enough leaves to get by without bagging or raking (as mentioned in a previous post by you), then you get NO sympathy or empathy from me.

I think it's playing "Hearts and Flowers For You".


And when I say I BAG the leaves, it's not like most people where they GINGERLY place the leaves one-by-one into a bag and tie it up when it gets half-full.

I stuff those bags until the seams stretch. Fill... kneel-on... fill more... kneel again... and still more. Such that if the leaves are wet, that bag has to be ROLLED because of the weight.



"It's the leaves", indeed. My bass.

 

[SilverBear]

Oh...

... and the (AC-powered) leaf blower died on Monday. It went "ftzzzt!" and a small wisp of smoke came out. Be it known it has not been used on lawn/yard leaves in almost a decade. The rake is best. I just use it to clear the deck, patio and driveway. That's all.

So, I went to a store to buy a new one, just for the purposes I described above. And I decided to go cordless. (Next up: the string trimmer.) I am really tired of battling the 2x 200-foot extension cords.

This $149 piece of JUNK could not blow a cotton ball off a teflon surface. What the HELL am I going to do with THAT?!?! Back it goes later today and I'll try a different one.

I could do better on my hand and knees huffing and puffing at the ground, while smoking. And NO snide/offensive/stereotypical remarks for the peanut gallery.

 

[tiburonfirst]

get a stihl, bear!

 

[AttyPops]

I have a small light-duty Li-Ion trimmer that came with a "free" blower. It has 2 Li-Ion battery packs.

They don't last a LONG time...but it's enough for what I need. Can usually do the front yard and around the house on 1 pack. (They take a while to charge, of course. That's partly why they include 2 batteries.)

The blower is kinda weak by other standards. But it was enough to move leaves and grass off sidewalks and decks. batteries last even less for it. Maybe 5 minutes per battery when blowing. But how long do you need? Definitely NOT a yard-clearer. But light and portable.

Otherwise, get gas powered. I know the small engines with 2-cycle stuff are a bit of a pain, but they have power!

 

[FranC]

Wood buggy loaded,back up to steps and covered.

 

[SilverBear]

I have a small light-duty Li-Ion trimmer that came with a "free" blower. It has 2 Li-Ion battery packs.

They don't last a LONG time...but it's enough for what I need. Can usually do the front yard and around the house on 1 pack. (They take a while to charge, of course. That's partly why they include 2 batteries.)

The blower is kinda weak by other standards. But it was enough to move leaves and grass off sidewalks and decks. Batteries last even less for it. Maybe 5 minutes per battery when blowing. But how long do you need? Definitely NOT a yard-clearer. But light and portable.

Otherwise, get gas powered. I know the small engines with 2-cycle stuff are a bit of a pain, but they have power!

ANY hand-held gas powered yard implement gets my disdain because of the noise. The white trash inbred daughter-lover across the road has gas powered EVERYTHING. And you should HEAR that nuclear-powered RIDING mower... for his tiny .25-acre lot. What a freaking JERK.

But yeah... all I need is a blower that can last about 15 minutes and things will be OK.

I'm looking at the B&D 40-volt string trimmer. It'll go on my Christmas-giftie list. Don't need it NOW.

This coming Monday, I'll try (again this year) putting >10 bags out at the curb and see what happens, just for fun. Our waste pickup company has a 10 bag limit. (And all the bags I have done so far this week have to go in the garage so the little Halloween demon-spawn don't slice them open.)

Raking and bagging: 36%-40% complete (per average).