Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Sammster]

I used to hate raking. Now I see it a very valuable garden mulch, and it's not the onerous chore it one was.

I just wish that oak trees dropped their leaves like the maples! They're done now. Nope, I swear oak trees used to be exotic dancers in another life. They take it off just a bit at a time.

True! And the cottonwood! Don't get me started!

I did fill all my gardens with leaves, too. Soil doesn't like to be bare

My back yard trees are just about done. But my neighbor's trees drop late, and blow over to my yard, so I have my gutter cleaning guy on stand-by. Hopefully in about a week we can get that done - before the leaves are frozen in the gutters.

 

[Sally PB]

We see lots of ads for gutter covers that will "end cleaning out your gutters, guaranteed!" Yeah, right.

I have yet to see a design that makes me have a hope of a chance of a ghost of a prayer to never need to clean out the gutters. Really? It'll keep out the heavy pollen that the oak trees spread in the spring? The pollen won't cover the screen (screen type of cover)? or clog up the thin opening, gluing it closed with the oak leaves that come down in the spring?

Somehow, I really, really doubt it!

Hubby is planning to clean out the gutters today.

 

[1muttsfan]

Going to be cold starting tomorrow night - well down into the 20s. Dug out the heated base for the waterer and got it plugged in to check it, I'll take the summer plastic one out tomorrow.

When the power company trims trees in the area, if you catch them they will dump a load of chipped trees off at your home. I got a big load last year. Took the tractor and added a big bucket load of chips to the run. Tossed it in a few big piles, and left my landscape architects to rearrange them to their satisfaction.

Most of the winter prep work is done, just a few little tasks to complete then let the snow come (well, that is going to be Saturday).

 

[1muttsfan]

Whoops I may have said the S-word