100 leaf bags that is. 44 this weekend alone. Unfortunately, this weekend everything was wet so they all weighed a ton. Luckily Jason moved them all and can still walk. Thank goodness we're stocked up on Advil! I may not have lugged bags, but I was up on the roof with the leaf blower. There were so many leaves on the roof, you couldn't even see the shingles. Now to get our name on the gutter cleaning company list. And likely another 50-75 bags, and we should be nearly done.
Jason and I may break our backs, but the kids are breaking the bank. In the past, the kids have shown no interest in helping us other than jumping in the piles and spreading them further. This year, finally accepting that kids can be bought, we offered to pay them. (Our kids don't get an allowance, so this was a novelty.) They get so much per bag, and Jason is the ultimate decision maker on who gets what based on how long the kids worked. Noah made $28 this weekend alone. Ben didn't make as much because last week he was our big money maker and yesterday he finally got his trip to Best Buy where he bought the new computer game he was saving for. He spent more time on the computer than raking today. And Alanya, well she spent a lot of time inside a brown leaf bag more than anything, but she did blow some leaves, and the enthusiasm was there, so she gets $4.
I keep thinking I should take a picture to post, but every time I think of it, I realize my time would be better spent raking. The glorious snow will come soon enough.
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Every year we think the leaves will be the death of us too. The first year there wasn't leaf pick up, so we bagged it all, well most of it. Our trash will only pick up 5 bags of yard waste each week. We have a natural area in the back of our yard that we blow a lot of the leaves to and they break down over the winter. Do you have an area where you could compost some of the leaves? It would reduce the money spent on leaf bags. I am still sore from the raking and blowing I did this weekend. We are ready though for pick up this week. Then we will have one more batch in a couple of weeks. There are still leaves on our trees.
For six years we would bag some and pile the rest in the back corner of our yard, but they just weren't breaking down fast enough and the pile was massive. Finally last spring we hired someone to get it out of there. Never again. So now we fill our three large compost bins, and once they are full, it's only the bags. So far 100 bags cost us $31. We've accepted our fate... : )
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