Fall cleanup

Now that the trees have peaked it is time for fall cleanup!  It is hard to believe how many leaves there are on the ground!  I really hate raking leaves – not just for the hard labor point of view, but because I know that leaves are the basis for good, rich soil in the woods.  When I rake leaves up I feel that I am robbing the earth of the nutrition that it needs.  And decomposing leaves are FREE nutrition!  If it wasn’t for the fact that I make good money doing fall cleanup services for my customers I don’t think I’d remove the leaves at all!  And I am very grateful for the invention of the riding mower with bagger attachment, and the leaf blower!  They make my work a lot easier!