And THIS is why I hate fall :-(
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
November 10, 2017 10:42am CST
So I got the mower out yesterday, hooked up the leaf rake, and did the side yard.
Hauled all the leaves out front and dumped them for the city to pick up.
City hasn't picked them up yet, but that's okay, not sure what day they come.
But at 2:00 yesterday afternoon, the side yard was clean.
10:30 this morning, it looks like this. 
That is what fell late yesterday afternoon and overnight. 
Makes me wanna just start chopping down trees. 
That is what fell late yesterday afternoon and overnight.
Makes me wanna just start chopping down trees. 19 people like this
19 responses
@andriaperry (118743)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Nov 17
All the leaves are so pretty!
But I would never do this job till they are all on the ground, UNLESS..... I am being paid by the hour and it was not my lawn 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Nov 17
If I waited for that, I'd never see the lawn at all.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
10 Nov 17
You can't win this time of year! I am sure Scar was laying back laughing at you!!
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@LadyDuck (479166)
• Italy
10 Nov 17
@JolietJake Too bad you did not take a photo, we always forget to do the right thing.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Nov 17
Dad come back from Florida today, I thought I'd have the yard all nice and neat when he showed up for his mail and newspapers...should've taken a damn photo
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@JudyEv (358653)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 17
@JolietJake Do you know what type of gum it is? I'd be interested to know.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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11 Nov 17
@JudyEv American Sweetgum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Liquidambar styraciflua Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Saxifragales Family: Altingiaceae Ge
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@JolietJake (50190)
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11 Nov 17
Those are basically from my oaks, but my gum tree in the front yard is just as bad...plus the spiky gumballs it drops
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@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Nov 17
I wish we didn't have a leaf burn-ban, I could just torch the yard 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Nov 17
Is there any way to train the leaves to fall in someone else's yard?
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
11 Nov 17
Sad but too true, however I would not give up the trees. We have one very large red maple in our yard and that does not make a pretty mess like yours.
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@rebelann (114284)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Nov 17
Hey, thanks for the thought @JolietJake
I don't understand why people have to rake up leaves, it's a natural part of a trees cycle and they help keep the tree roots nourished.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Nov 17
I'd ship 'em to ya if the rates weren't so freakin' high
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
11 Nov 17
It's not gonna be easy to keep up with that.
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@MarshaMusselman (38834)
• Midland, Michigan
11 Nov 17
At least you got done what you did, and you didn't have to do it by hand. I just found out they may be in our area either monday or tuesday and I have yet to get any of them into the road. There's a website in our area where people can check to see how soon they are coming to the next section, maybe your city has a similar info line?
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@MarshaMusselman (38834)
• Midland, Michigan
11 Nov 17
@JolietJake Maybe some of your neighbors do, or a store near you where you can look it up and not buy? Our area probably lets people know in the paper too, but it's also shown online where they've been and where they're headed.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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11 Nov 17
We have to check the local paper, which I don't subscribe to
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
10 Nov 17
Use the weed blower and just blow all the leaves on your next door neighbors' properties @JolietJake .
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
10 Nov 17
@JolietJake Yeah, probably dang-nab-it.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Nov 17
That would take more time than using the leaf rake and they'd just blow back
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Nov 17
We tried that(chopping down three trees) and it didn't work! Neighbors on both sides have huge trees, that dump on our yard until mid December. We don't have any oak trees, but today our yard is totally buried in oak leaves!:( We have one maple in the back yard and four maples out front. The birch tree doesn't do anything at all.
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@responsiveme (22925)
• India
11 Nov 17
All those Fall photos look perfectly wonderful to me...But the again I don't experience the raking part
Can't you make a bonfire in your yard?
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@much2say (57782)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Nov 17
Hey, this would be a good daily workout routine !
I love fall, but my neighbors hate it. We have one of the two biggest trees on the street . . . the leaves fall and by a miracle they are gone by the next day . . . they all blow over to the neighbor's yard 
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I love fall, but my neighbors hate it. We have one of the two biggest trees on the street . . . the leaves fall and by a miracle they are gone by the next day . . . they all blow over to the neighbor's yard !1 person likes this
I always enjoyed Autumn, it is not here yet.
@RasmaSandra (86979)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Nov 17
Lucky me. No one cares if the leaves are racked here or not. Hope you can get them up and they stay up.
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@JESSY3236 (20760)
• United States
10 Nov 17
I know. I let my neighbors or the wind take care of the leaves. Although it has rained the past two days.
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