The one thing I dislike most about autumn

[mekender]

Silver maples are a pain in the ass.. The leaves won't fall all at once. The silver leafs are smaller, they curl up and get down in between the grass.. Real hell to rake if it's a wet fall..

Which is exactly what I have... and what the neighbor directly to my south has... did I mention she has two of them in her back yard and one in her front yard, the front yard of which also has a sweet gum tree?

I had about 6 of em in the front yard of my last house... I would put piles of leaves and balls on the curb every 2 weeks for 2 months... Said piles were usually knee high and about 80ft long...

[SoupOrMan]

If I was more passive-aggressive, I'd note that my mulching lawn mower is very good at picking up dried sweetgum balls and that said sweetgum balls make a loud dog-scaring noise on aluminum siding.

[Steamforger]

For some reason, everytime I see the topic heading of this thread I read it as "The one thing I dislike most about Uranium."

[SoupOrMan]

Oh, I have a litany of things I hate about uranium. And I'm none too pleased with Nobelium or Californium, either...

[SoupOrMan]

I also fired up my new snowblower. It's a beauty and will be useful should we get snow like we did last year.