It's Time to Leave the Gas Fired Blower and Much of the Blowing Behind

My garden beds have never been blown and are full of free tree leaf mulch

• Did you know that he hydrocarbon emissions from a half-hour of yard work with the two-stroke leaf blower are about the same as a 3,900-mile drive in a large pickup truck, according to Edmunds' InsideLine.com?

• Did you know you can save time, money and sanity by reducing the amount of blowing?

• Did you know that all of that blowing harms soil, plants, shrubs and beneficial insects?

• Did you know you can leave leaves in shrub and plant beds and forgo much of the spring mulching?

• Did you know that leaves can be mowed into the lawn and that it is actually good for lawn?

https://www.edmunds.com/about/press/leaf-blowers-emissions-dirtier-than-high-performance-pick-up-trucks-says-edmunds-insidelinecom.html

https://mybackyardlife.com/how-to-mulch-leaves/