{"id":4587,"date":"2010-10-29T10:26:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T15:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2010-10-29T10:26:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T15:26:48","slug":"a-canadian-autumnal-debate-to-rake-or-not-to-rake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2010\/10\/29\/a-canadian-autumnal-debate-to-rake-or-not-to-rake\/","title":{"rendered":"A Canadian Autumnal Debate: To rake or not to rake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/span>hen I mentioned to a few friends in an e-mail conversation that the 16 mature trees on our property were kicking my ass this fall, and that I’d filled more than 20 bags without managing to conquer even the half way point, one of the women who has been living a rural life for as long as I’ve been living in the city asked, “Why are you raking them up?”<\/p>\n

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Why indeed? You mean, there’s a choice? Apparently, you can just mulch the snot out of them and (pardon the pun) leave them. But, if you can do that, why do most of the properties around here in Mature Tree Land seem to have careful rows of filled-to-bursting leaf bags lined at the roadside every week?<\/p>\n

In defense of raking, it is a wonderful way to carefully inspect each inch of your new property. I found an entire raised and rock-lined garden bed in one corner of the yard that I hadn’t noticed before! And, it’s a great way to meet the neighbours before everyone goes into hibernation mode for the winter. (I had to laugh at the fact that everyone who walked by stopped to chat, and they all knew that we were the new family and exactly when we’d moved in. Small town indeed!)<\/p>\n

What’s it like in your neck of the woods, bloggy peeps? Do you rake diligently? Or are you in the “wait for a blustery day to send it all next door” camp? Or maybe you just leave it on the lawn and call it compost? Do tell, I’m fascinated that there are choices other than seventeen hours of raking available to me! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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