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In reply to the discussion: 75% Done With Leaves [View all]LPBBEAR
(475 posts)lived across the street from a local high school. The street was a wide 2 lane street with parking along each side. The high school had maple trees lining the entire length pf their side of the street. As the years went on and my Parents became elderly it got harder and harder for them to do yard work. Each year in the fall the wind would blow the leaves from those trees at the high school across the street to my Parents property. The wind blown leaves would pile up against their 6 foot chain link fence sometimes as high as the fence itself. They also would pile up against their house and get into everything and every where in their yard and into the flowers my Mother had so carefully nurtured. As they they got older it became increasingly difficult for them to deal with the mess even though they tried as best they could. My brother and I lived in the area. I lived about 15 miles away and my Brother about 10. Often we would have to come over and assist them in removing the leaves, sometimes 2 or 3 times a week in the heaviest periods.
I'm not forgetting how expensive it can be to have one removed. I'm remembering how damaging and expensive they can be to others who live nearby and how hard it was for my elderly Parents to deal with leaves from trees they didn't even own in the last years of their lives.
Take a look around your neighborhood. I'm sure your trees are having some impact farther than you might realize.
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