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Yesterday the weather was beautiful, the forecast was cold and wet, and it was almost Halloween. So, leaf raking. I had a lot of trees cut down in the back yard this summer, but in front there is a catalpa (big tree, big leaves), a crabapple (medium tree, tiny leaves), and a young oak (medium tree, medium leaves), as well as a lot of shrubs. I was concentrating on the sidewalks and the grass next to the sidewalks, thinking of trick-or-treaters and wet slippery leaves. Here's a bit I didn't get to:
I haven't risked a compost bin in the front yard before, but this year I did, just for leaves:
As you can see it is already full, and well tamped down, so I started another in the side yard: