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| We call this season "Fall" whereas the Brits use the French word "Autumn", because "Fall" is an older English usage - the early settlers came here when the older usage was still common in England (Chaucer called it the "Fall of the Leaf"). Anyway, we have a huge scarlet oak tree in our front yard which epitomizes where the word came from. I just spent 3 hours helping my DH rake leaves (he shreds and composts them for me!). He does the lawn, I do the beds, where the roses do not appreciate being drowned in huge oak leaves. They are so big we have to get them off the beds because otherwise they will mat when it starts to rain. Here is a picture of our front garden before we started. We will probably have to do this at least twice more - the tree is not done yet... Jackie |
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- Posted by SouthCountryGuy SE BC 5 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 9, 13 at 16:39
| While hard work it is pretty. I have the same problem but mine are ponderosa pine needles. I despise raking them so I set my lawn mower at 1/4" lower than normal then mow and bag 'em. I wonder how that would work with leaves? I love the look of fallen leaves, keep the pictures coming :) SCG |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Nov 9, 13 at 17:09
| Here is the culprit - at least half of the leaves are still to come down! Jackie |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Nov 9, 13 at 17:14
| Same front garden - different perspective - the bed in the foreground is swamped - now most of these leaves are gone, but as we were working many more were actively falling, so in a couple of days it will look like this again. Jackie |
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| I'm wandering not exactly off topic here, but perhaps a little sideways. A lot of American word usage is actually older English usage. The English colonists brought with them to America a way of speaking that was current at the time. Some of it was later dropped in England but continued to be used here in the United States. Fall instead of autumn is one such word. Gotten instead of got is another. There are more. I love words. Rosefolly |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sun, Nov 10, 13 at 9:30
| SCG - My DH used to use the lawnmower as you describe, but as I recall the leaves clogged up something or burned out something, and so he switched to using a chipper/shredder, and that solved the problem. They get shredded directly into bags, which then get dumped into our compost "pile" (which is a huge ancient concrete incinerator next to the garage). They sit there for 12 months, and by that time are either great mulch, or in some years, actual great compost. No matter which they are, they go onto the rose beds. I haven't had to purchase mulch for years. Jackie |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 10, 13 at 10:37
| I love your leaves. I know they look like work to you and many of my friends, but I sure love those leaves. |
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| The color of the fallen leaves is beautiful. Black oaks? Scarlet? In any case, gorgeous. I just got a new app called City Trees so I can identify trees I find growing as I walk around. Rosefolly |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sun, Nov 10, 13 at 12:47
| It is a scarlet oak planted by my DH's grandfather. We have two of them. Luckily, the one in the back of our property drops its leaves mostly in the wild part of our lot, or in the neighbors' yards! Jackie |
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| I admired what I now know to be a scarlet oak planted at Lowes..........it was the only tree there that turned red. I finally found 2 of them, ordered by a local nursery. They are small and aren't showing the color yet, but I was delighted to see your photos, hoping mine will look like that someday. A friend and I were in Tyler on Friday for a Christmas bazaar and went to the big rose garden. The roses were still blooming - but the star was a huge 20' Ginko tree - bright yellow and simply stunning. I want one! In Texas, we don't have brilliant fall color like up east.....but we do have some beautiful trees - they are just now starting to show color - we are due a freeze for a couple of nights next week, so they should really start to be colorful. Thanks for the photos! |
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| What lovely fall scenes! |
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