Leaf blowers are a funny thing. That mechanical mixture of growl and whine. You hear one, and then another joins it. And then another. Stand there for twenty minutes and you'd swear that twenty of them have formed an army, declared a war on mulch. But really there might only be three, getting turned off and on again. They're just so loud your auditory system doesn't perceive when there's one less.
We're about at the end of leaf blower system. Soon the snow blowers will arrive, although we haven't gotten to that part of the year yet. For some reason they're not as tricky.
We're about at the end of leaf blower system. Soon the snow blowers will arrive, although we haven't gotten to that part of the year yet. For some reason they're not as tricky.
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Fall and winter were the noisiest seasons in Halifax what with leaf blowers followed by snow blowers and ploughs. Since there weren't many lawns around us power mowers weren't much of a problem there. This neighborhood has lots of trees and grass and very few people who use rakes and roller mowers. It can get loud.
Ploughs haven't really made their appearance here yet. You need a really heavy snowfall for that. Which we haven't gotten, even though we've had winter temperatures on and off since mid-November. But you're not alone in that there aren't as many people using rakes anymore. Maybe it's considered too time-consuming, or just doesn't bring the immediate gratification.
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