Archive for the 'leaf removal' Category

First frost a welcome sight

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Robin
on December 12, 2008
in landscaping & lawn care and leaf removal
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As a novice gardener, I heartily welcomed the first frost of the season. Finally, the weeds in my yard stopped growing.

Spring started out promising enough. I turned over some dirt by the side of the house and purchased a flower garden from a mail-order catalog. I wasn’t even discouraged when puny plants and bare-roots arrived in plastic baggies, instead of the flourishing 2-foot-tall specimens I was expecting.

Then the growing season began. My flowers flourished, but so did every weed . Before I knew it, the crab grass and purslane had taken over. Loathe to apply any chemicals, I plucked by hand. But mostly, I let nature take over. And I waited … for winter.

Next spring, I have big plans: I’m leaving it to the professionals. I’ll hire a landscaper to put in new sod and help with the flowerbeds. I look forward to when my garden is under control and only needs light weeding.

Robin is a staff writer who recently joined Angie’s List magazine. She lives in South Broad Ripple, Indianapolis with her husband and a cat in a tiny bungalow that needs lots of work.

Falling for fall: baseball, football and raking leaves

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John
on October 3, 2008
in leaf removal
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October. Is there any better month of the year? Not only is it baseball playoffs season – Go Cubs! – and football season – Go Bears! – but it’s fall, the season when trees shed their leaves in preparation for a long, cold Indiana winter.

As a youngster I never minded raking leaves. In fact, it always gave me a legitimate excuse to be outside, releasing my pent-up energy by striking the dried-up leaves with a rake instead of striking my little sister with my fist. But now that I’m an adult – and, I might add, one who showers his younger sibling with nothing but love – the annual rite of leaf raking tempts me to check the List and pass the experience on to one of our fine local service providers. Continue reading ‘Falling for fall: baseball, football and raking leaves’

John is an associate editor for Angie's List magazine. He is the proud owner of three dogs — Dixie, Bear and Ernie — two leopard geckos and a cat. He's obsessed with the Chicago Cubs, and enjoys buying and selling random stuff on eBay.