This is my wee Yard-Man. I'm not sure whether I out weigh this thing or not but it must be an interesting sight to see me driving it around the yard.
More leaves in the gutters to remove.
These two mushrooms had popped up in the grass. The one on the right was in the shape of a fat heart.
The maple tree in the back yard has just about dropped most of its leaves save a few in the background in yellow. I missed getting a picture of the tree in its complete yellow hat. One almost needs sunglasses to look upon it.
This tall, skinny tree had mostly turned its leaves to yellow as well.
The Wedding Tree, our weeping cherry tree, has some of the most beautiful rusty reds with greens and yellows and those still in the process of changing.
The front maple has dropped another load of leaves and still has a few more to drop. I mulched the first batch of them last week. This week is raining lightly and just enough to cancel any lawn work. The Irish call this "a soft day." The rain and humidity seems to hang in the air.
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Such pretty colors this time of year...I like that tall skinny tree. Isn't it fun, the way they will adapt to the conditions available to them! I guess we all do that...
Greg: True. Until a couple of years ago, that tree had to compete with two much older relatives and had to fight its way to the sun. When the other two started leaning a little two far in the direction of our house, we decided it was time to harvest them rather than leave it up to nature to decide when and where they should fall. When those two trees were harvested I could swear I could hear them moaning as they fell. This is not a good thing if you are of Celtic lineage. It will be an emergency before we harvest anymore of them.
Glad you have a new computer. If you don't have a surge protector to plug into, you might consider looking into that. It will save a computer if you have numerous power surges or outages.
Oh Fall...miss it so much
Wonder Man: It has been one of the more colourful ones of recent recollection. I had to re-mulch with the mower this Saturday past, so, the Maple tree in the front yard had dropped most, if not all, of its leaves and it looks as though the Maple in the back yard has done so as well. I only mulched the front. The back can be done in the Spring when it dries enough so the lawnmower can drive up the hill without spinning the tires. ;-)
Well, better to be able to sit on the lawnmower than to have to push it! ;)
Sooo-this-is-me: That is the main reason I have a riding mower. After a knee injury with multiple surgeries, the walking lawnmower moves faster than I can walk, so, that became a moot point with a riding mower. It proves a wee bit tricky driving it up the hill in the backyard but other than that, it has made mowing the lawn much easier.
We still use the walking mower for those hard-to-get areas where the riding mower can't maneuver well.
I just mow up all the leaves, depending on my mood. I hate raking.
I did have to clean the gutters full of leaves though :(
Alan: I'm with you regarding the raking. I have a mulching blade on the riding mower and it cuts the leaves up into very small pieces. For the first few days, it covers the grass a little then, one starts seeing the grass blades come up through it. That doesn't happen if I leave the leaves on the ground.
Our gutters fill up about twice before we are finished with that problem. Living in the northwest creates some other problems with moss etc. Our roof tiles are older but still in good enough shape. The only problem is that moss has been growing on it in spots so, Steve, gets on the roof and applies a moss killer that works well with the rain. Our winters are usually cold but rainy. We occasionally have snow but it's usually rain.
Moss can be tenderly appealing in the right place in the garden. Invading the roof tile - not so much.
I associate it with ruins, which have their own sort of appeal.
Joe: A half a decade ago we had problems with a leak in the roof. It chose to drip through the ceiling just above my computer and on to the tower. We found out that it was indeed, a moss problem.
Evidently, the moss works its way under the tile and acts like a wick sucking up the water under the roof tile where it finds its way into the house. We have been vigilant at making sure the moss is kept to a minimum.
There are so many different types of moss here in the northwest.
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