Oooooooh God help us! It's that time again..............

SMITTY · By: **SMITTY** On: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:39 am

Careful driving out there now!

http://www.visit-massachusetts.com/current_category.30/current_advcategory.292/companies_list.html
http://www.weather.com/maps/geography/northeastus/northeastusfallfoliage_large.html

009to090 · By: **009to090** On: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:43 am

We have alot of Red Maple on our property. When fall arrives, the leaves turn BRIGHT RED/Orange. Bee-u-ti-ful. Amazing what Mother nature can do.

SMITTY · By: **SMITTY** On: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:55 am

I hear ya. My neighborhood looks awesome this time of year.

Here's a pic in my yard from fall '07 -- it's just spotty here now ... still a couple weeks to go until peak.

whistlenut · By: **whistlenut** On: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:39 am

I don't know if you guys are aware of it , but there is a new 'Foliage Tax' in the works. It will be 15% of your property assessment annually. Add that to the waterfront tax, the 'Bumpy Road' tax, the 'Cancer Stick Tax', the 'Environmental Impact Tax' of having more than one person per square mile....blah, blah, blah.
:oops2:

Just kidding.....................................

SMITTY · By: **SMITTY** On: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:23 pm

Stop giving CADILLAC DEVAL ideas!! :shh:

Paulie · By: **Paulie** On: Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:55 am

Actually it is " DeVille Deval". I believe they are referring to the coupe, not the convertible

SMITTY · By: **SMITTY** On: Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:35 pm

Not much of a show as far as foliage goes this year. I think we got too much rain & not enough heat this summer, plus an abrupt end to it with the sudden frost & snow all night last night.

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SMITTY · By: **SMITTY** On: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:32 am

Ahhhh ...... the end is near....http://www.weather.com/maps/geography/northeastus/northeastusfallfoliage_large.html?clip=undefined&region=undefined&collection=localwxforecast&presname=undefined

Paulie · By: **Paulie** On: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:41 am

We are about 60% done with leaves. Clean up starts ......now.

SMITTY · By: **SMITTY** On: Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:04 am

We are 100% done -- ALL leaves sit on my lawn as I type this.... :fear:

But, the good thing is, I've got a 52" blade that is basically a gigantic vacuum cleaner......screw raking....I'd be out there for a month! :stretcher:

A couple whiskeys & BAM!!! ..... no that wasn't a rock.... I'm done!! Parkin' this bitch! :punk:

wlape3 · By: **wlape3** On: Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:16 am

Not quite done in eastern NYS yet. Might have another week. I'm at 900 feet so it's further along than in the valleys. Beautiful time of year here, something I really missed while living in SEPA. Never missed the snow though.

009to090 · By: **009to090** On: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:58 am

SMITTY wrote:We are 100% done -- ALL leaves sit on my lawn as I type this.... But, the good thing is, I've got a 52" blade that is basically a gigantic vacuum cleaner......screw raking....I'd be out there for a month!

Ditto! Screw raking! 48inch Husqvarna takes care of chopping them all up. Great mulch for the grass.

Paulie · By: **Paulie** On: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:04 pm

When all is said and done, we have about 120 cubic yards of chopped compressed leaves. Rakes? Could not even begin to
think about it. Small hand held blowers for gutters and funky corners. Back pack blowers for rounding up into ROWS. Walk
behind blowers to pile them up. Small loader to get those piles sky high. Buddy with a truck vac comes in scoops the piles
and dumps them out back . Couple turns on the compost pile a year, and we have loam!
I cringe when I see people stuffing leaves into bags......oh the humanity

whistlenut · By: **whistlenut** On: Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:13 pm

Where is Monika when you really need her???????????????????????????

009to090 · By: **009to090** On: Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:26 pm

whistlenut wrote:Where is Monika when you really need her???????????????????????????

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