Snow Shovel

Yes, today I brought the dreaded shovel out of storage and -------- used it!!!  Indeed here in Virginia at the great height of 934 feet,  while finishing up the front yard piles of leaves I  made yesterday I could stand for the mess no longer and broke down and started the dreaded hickory nut and hull removal.  Three trips with a tarp to remove all the leaves, two trips for the nuts, shells and hulls, I should not need a stress test any time soon!

I look at the yard work as rehab and or physical therapy, I think it's really helping me with my range of motion issues.  Also found a few Violets blooming in the lawn.  No frost here - yet!

Peace

I was raking leaves yesterday also - they can be slippery on our driveway.
I have a special fine fencing bin about 5 ft across that looks like it will hold so many leaves. I had if full to the top last fall, but alas, they rot down to nothing in our wet winters. A little harvestable leaf mold is better than no leaf mold!

Deane Adams wrote:Yes, today I brought the dreaded shovel out of storage and -------- used it!!!  Indeed here in Virginia at the great height of 934 feet,  while finishing up the front yard piles of leaves I  made yesterday I could stand for the mess no longer and broke down and started the dreaded hickory nut and hull removal.  Three trips with a tarp to remove all the leaves, two trips for the nuts, shells and hulls, I should not need a stress test any time soon!

I look at the yard work as rehab and or physical therapy, I think it's really helping me with my range of motion issues.  Also found a few Violets blooming in the lawn.  No frost here - yet!

Peace

2300 ft up.....I only rake a small area so I can see where my rescue dogs poop for easier cleaning. I let the wind blow the leaves where they may and this time of year there aren't many left. The leaves are good fertilizer for the ground....

Haha, I use my big snow shovels to move leaves as well. This year I used the 3' wide snow pusher -- worked great. If I don't take the leaves off our lawn the snow mold makes us miserable in spring.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Haha, I use my big snow shovels to move leaves as well. This year I used the 3' wide snow pusher -- worked great. If I don't take the leaves off our lawn the snow mold makes us miserable in spring.

I would have to say it is easier pushing leaves with those darn big shovels then snow. Nice idea. I tend to use the smaller shovels for snow.

My snow shovels (scoopers as opposed to pushers) have moved all manner of bulk materials. Compost, wood chips, char, soil, straw mulch and of course leaves. Great tools.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:My snow shovels (scoopers as opposed to pushers) have moved all manner of bulk materials. Compost, wood chips, char, soil, straw mulch and of course leaves. Great tools.

Don't forget dog poop......I use it to scoop the poop and then throw it over the hill side....yes wood chips from the pile created by my log splitter that are to small to bag for kindling.

Dennis Goyette wrote:Don't forget dog poop......I use it to scoop the poop and then throw it over the hill side....yes wood chips from the pile created by my log splitter that are to small to bag for kindling.

I use a junk steel shovel with a sharp bevel for dog poop scooping, winter and summer. A snow shovel would just smoosh it all around and it would end up on my shoe.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:

Dennis Goyette wrote:Don't forget dog poop......I use it to scoop the poop and then throw it over the hill side....yes wood chips from the pile created by my log splitter that are to small to bag for kindling.

I use a junk steel shovel with a sharp bevel for dog poop scooping, winter and summer. A snow shovel would just smoosh it all around and it would end up on my shoe.

Snow shovels are useless for "soft serve", that's when your steel shovel comes in. With winter and colder temps almost here (they come and go now), frozen doo cones are easy to scoop up with any shovel.