Leaves, Leaves and More Leaves!

This past Monday was leaf bag pickup day for the town.  In preparation, I spent the last couple of weekends out in the yard raking and bagging leaves.  I was able to compost some and put some in the chicken coop for bedding and to give the girls something to pick through to keep busy but there were just too many.  I don't really have a good spot here at the ole homestead to pile all these leave, so town leaf pickup is a day I circle on the calendar.  Raking also helps to pick up acorns and sticks that are mixed in with the leaves and that the mower doesn't pick up.

Here's the front yard -

Driveway side yard with a glimpse of the bagged leaves -  

Garden side yard - 

Here, the trash truck just pulled up and getting ready to load the bags - a total of (38) packed full to the top bags of leaves and sticks and stuff, all gone!

Of course there are more leaves to be picked up again still but Mother Nature has been helping move these along for others (neighbors) to worry about.