This the D part of SOD

The final lawn clean up of the year was completed today and and the final maintenance of the fall was also completed. The fertilizer wasn't what I would like to have used but it's all that was available. There's something to be learned here. In the future, buy supplies earlier in the fall.


I used two 5000 sq ft bags with the spreader set on 4.

Mid December

Here we are, it's the middle of December, most of the leaves have fallen and I've cleaned up the yard. The problem is that we have neighbors who don't maintain their property. The result is that when the wind blows, the leaves move from the neighbors yards to my yard. So, since when is life fair?

My solution: automation. With the new mower and the Cyclone rake I manage to turn an almost impossible job into one that's doable.


The cyclone rake is a marvel. Not only does it vacuum the lawn it grinds the leaves reducing the volume by about 80%. My amortized cost is now down to aboout $150 per year. I can accompolish in one hour what would otherwise take at least 8 hours. In a nutshell, if you have leaves but don't have a Cyclone Rake, you need one.

We're comming down to the finish line for this year. There may be one more cleanup to get rid of the neighbors leaves and of course there's still one more fertilization doe the D part of sod.