It's leaf-gathering time again! Yes, I know most of you are raking up your leaves right now and putting them out on the curb to be picked up. And let me take the time to say: Thank you! We are taking advantage of your generosity and whisking away your bags soon after they hit the curb. The reason? Leaves are gold to us. A couple of years ago we bisected our backyard with a dry creek, and decided to convert half the yard to a woodlands. This way we'd have less grass to fertilize, cut and water. We covered the existing grass with wood chips and lots of leaves that first year, and each subsequent year we add at least 6 inches of additional leaves. That's why this time of the year is so exciting for us...free ground cover, packaged and waiting for us to come pick it up. We pilfered 41 bags from our unsuspecting neighbors this year, up from last year's count of 27.
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