Rake leaves, make mess, have fun
My kids have never had a lawn to rake before, and now do they ever! (and, yes, they did have a proper-sized rake to use, not just that little plastic one). This activity kept them busy for a good two hours and they had no idea they were working. They even bagged a good bit of it before tumbling back into the house for a restorative snack. The leaves that compost well will be wheel-barrowed to the back of the garden and dumped upon Mount Compost over the weekend.
Life is good!
yay, compost! We usually run over our piles of leaves with the mower (the last time we mow for the summer/fall) and dump the whole thing in the compost pile. The grass clippings make it heat up and break down faster.
Posted by: melissa | March 28, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Great tip! I'd better borrow the neighbor's lawn mower, stat!
Posted by: Veronique | March 28, 2008 at 11:27 AM
looks pretty good from where I'm standing too.
Posted by: Dan | March 28, 2008 at 05:13 PM
My son is more about running through them and scattering throughout the yard, after I rake them into neat, little piles.
Posted by: mrs.french | March 31, 2008 at 09:45 PM
raking leaves is the best job! i hope there was lots of jumping in the leaf piles too, because that is the best part.
Posted by: molly | April 03, 2008 at 12:27 AM