The post-summer garden tidy up can often be a chore, and can feel as though it is
also the clearing away remnants of light nights, warm temperatures and blooming
gardens.
But
autumn, with its stunning foliage and beautiful colours, has lots to offer too.
With
just a few simple tips, you can love your garden in autumn as much as you do in
summer.
Keeping
an autumnal garden clear can be a relentless task with daily raking to keep
leaves at bay. Leaf blowers offer a powerful solution and can gather leaves in
moments.
The most
efficient way is to make sure you only blow in one direction, then hold the
blower at your side and walk slowly with the leaf blower in front of you.
Start at
the edges and blow inwards toward the middle of the lawn, making manageable
piles as you go along. If it’s a windy day, work with the breeze and not
against it.
There
are various options for collecting the leaves. The first is to lay a tarpaulin
or sheet before you begin and blow the leaves onto it as you go along, this
makes for easy disposal. Alternatively, you can simply gather the piles
manually, or by using leaf grabbers.
However,
to really remove all effort from the task and stop any back-breaking crouching
and bending, another option is to have a blower with a vac function too.
The
Cobra BV26C is an incredibly powerful blower with a 26cc petrol engine that
converts to a vac in an instant, simply by changing tubes so leaves can be
cleared and collected easily, all by one machine.
When it
comes to disposing of the leaves, Cobra also has a solution. You can of course
compost them straight from the ground, but with the BV26C you can utilise
Cobra’s 10:1 mulching function which breaks the leaves into tiny pieces before
they go into the collection bag.
You can
then empty the bag and have a generous supply of leaf mould to use as
nutritious compost.
