When leaf-raking becomes a morality tale
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Maybe it was irrational exuberance.
Maybe I was just pushing my luck.
Maybe I was being lazy.
Whatever the case, the chickens came home to roost the other day when I ran out of leaf-storage room under my back step.
For the last few years, this “solution” served me well. I just swept the leaves under and the leaves went away. No bagging. No putting bags out on the street for pick up.
But this year the back step rejected my leaves. It was as though my leaf-storage credit had been exceeded and I was now being asked for another back step.
I was having my very own little leaf-storage credit crunch in my own back yard.
There are lessons in this, my friends, hard lessons involving bags and cat pee smells on last year’s rotting leaves which had to be cleaned out.
I should have known all those leaves wouldn’t rot. But I took the easy route, thinking the fun would never end. Ha.
Don’t let this happen to you.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
How unfortunate.
As long as you don’t use a leaf blower to clean up this years leaves, all should be restored to the universe.
November 16th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Allison, I could tell you leaf blower tales too butthat is for another day.
November 16th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Is there something in cat pee that prevents decomposition? You should apply for a grant to study this or something.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Barbara, if i get the grant will you take the lead on the research?
November 17th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
You have me confused with someone who does actual work.