That's a shame. We did end up cutting a very large maple tree on our property back in IL, but there were more reasons for doing it than to avoid raking leaves. We had many leaves in our yard & we always raked them in the fall. The only bad thing was that we couldn't burn them b/c people complained they had asthma, etc. We used most of ours for compost. The ones which we knew had a lot of acidity in them, we bagged them with bags which we bought from the city & they picked them up along with our other things which we could recycle. We saved when we recycled...mainly b/c we had a big compost pile & put much garbage in there. Heading toward bed...Paul I know is getting anxious for me to call it a night. ~Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: <askgranny@juno.com> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] We're kinda squirrely... > My computer was down 2 nights running so I'm a bit late answering my > mail....Loved reading about your trees and their denizens...Sister Reba > got me interested in trees, and I still am a tree watcher even though she > passed away a couple years ago.....Trees are like husbands...can't live > with em, and can't do without them. Most folks on our street have cut > their trees down so they won't have to rake leaves in the Fall...DUH! > Trees clean and cool the air and save a LOT on your power bill...We tried > talking to them, but.....Only a very few of the original Maple trees > still exist on this street.......Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:14:18 -0800 "Jen LaBonte" <AZJen@npgcable.com> > writes: >> >> We have a beautiful maple tree on our neighbor's property..right along > our driveway. > ____________________________________________________________ > Moms Asked to Return to School > Grant Funding May Be Available to Those That Qualify. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cf9e3b3235a64f0cbm06duc > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message