Did you know that there are over 15 kinds of oak trees in the state of Georgia? Of those, the ones in my yard are of the kind that drop their top leaves in the fall, the middle leaves in the winter, and the bottom giant skirt of leaves only when new leaves come to push them out. Which means that raking is an endless bundle of joy and fun from October through the end of March.
Over the last 3 days, we've raked, pulled, vacuumed and swept leaves out of their winter hiding places and added them to the huge pile of leaves next to our compost cage. The compost is held in a 4 foot cube of hardware cloth, 1/2 inch mesh, with an open bottom and top. The pile of leaves next to it is at least 3 times the size of the cage and taunts the cage and its inability to hold the leaves. Really, they are vile.
Of course, the new leaves haven't started to push the old leaves off the trees, yet. I expect it will happen in the next three weeks. Just in time to get leaves stuck in all the new spring growth around the yard.
Dumb old oak trees.
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