Well, when we bought this house over 4 years ago, one of the things that attracted us to the house was the beautiful Oak Tree in the back yard. We pictured nice summer evenings with plenty of shade. We could sit outside and enjoy the spring air, but it never dawned on us that this tree would drop all of its leaves come Fall, and someone would have to rake them up. The first year I did it with a manual rake, now I have one of those noicy leaf blowers. Beginning in late September or early October until early December (or the first snow fall), I am out there every other day collecting the leaves in bags and then putting them to the street every other Friday for the township to collect.
This year I had some "help". Sam loves using the rake and broom to sweep and collect the leaves. Now he is helping to bag them too. The project used to take about 1/2 hour each time, now it takes 2 or 3 hours, but it is much more fun
