Fall is here, the leaves have changed, and traffic where I live on Talcott Mountain (home of the lovely Heublein Tower) has quadrupled because of all the leaf-peepers. That means the leaves are going to start falling soon and raking season will commence.
According to the Daily Green, one leaf blower with a two-stroke engine can cause as much pollution as 80 cars each driven 12,500 miles. That’s pretty scary.
There are some green models of leaf blowers, like these from STIHL.
Of course raking is also good exercise and nothing could be more nostalgic than jumping into a freshly raked pile of leaves. Enjoy!
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