Since my nose was plugged, the sun was out, and the walnut leaves down, Michelle and I decided to finish up the leaves. You can’t compost walnut leaves because they contain the toxin juglone, otherwise we’d have shredded them up like the others.
Barley somehow found a paintbrush in one of the piles, and was quite pleased with himself.
My parents gave me their old leaf shredder, and it wasn’t happy with the dampness of the leaves, so I ended up mowing over the piles several times before covering the beds. Its a good thing I didn’t mow over the paintbrush.
Finally, I raked the leaves off the roof and cleaned the gutters. Barley caught the leaves as they came off the roof. He was fascinated by the maple helicopters.