Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Getting ready for winter!, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
OK! NO whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......Just rake....rake...rake.....

Went outside and looked at all the leaves. Started raking them a bit away from the edges of the beds and realized they were still quite wet from yesterday's "monsoon"....Didn't think the mower would suck them up too well.

So--I raked all the fallen leaves in 4 big piles and got out my Toro Shredder Vac and went to it.
Just an FYI----I much prefer raking the leaves in piles FIRST before I use the Vac. Much easier and less time consuming. Sucking them off the ground--well--sucks!

So--here are 1/2 of my labors this afternoon--since my last post above. Four big piles......and the tree that is responsible for all this--my Red Maple.