Time to winterized the boat..
 

Gonna be in the low 30's this week.

I didn't get to finish the 23' Marquis this year But the 18' Chris Craft was always ready. Got to take it out to Carlyle lake a dozen or so times this summer. Always a blast but time to put it away for the winter.

Well it was fun while the weather held...

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Tim
"Gonna be in the low 30's this week.

I didn't get to finish the 23' Marquis this year But the 18' Chris Craft was always ready. Got to take it out to Carlyle lake a dozen or so times this summer. Always a blast but time to put it away for the winter.

Well it was fun while the weather held... "

Waiting for the call from my dealer's service dept to come and get my 16 Xcalibur.
I'll put it at the end of the driveway up on blocks and erect the Navigloo shelter over it for the next 6 long months.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the winters so long...

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/12/14 10:43 AM, Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the winters so long...



The coldest day of my life was a bright, sunny January day in 1970 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The wind coming off the lake was just brutal.
Don't know what the temp was.

Second coldest, at least in feeling cold, was a February day in 1990,
getting off the plane in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was told it was 20
below zero, Fahrenheit, and that if you peed outdoors, it would freeze
before it hit the ground. :)

--
“There’s more idleness and abuse of government favors among the
economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.” -
Norman Mailer

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/12/2014 10:20 AM, True North wrote:
Tim
"Gonna be in the low 30's this week.

I didn't get to finish the 23' Marquis this year But the 18' Chris Craft was always ready. Got to take it out to Carlyle lake a dozen or so times this summer. Always a blast but time to put it away for the winter.

Well it was fun while the weather held... "

Waiting for the call from my dealer's service dept to come and get my 16 Xcalibur.
I'll put it at the end of the driveway up on blocks and erect the Navigloo shelter over it for the next 6 long months.

You could plant some winter crops in it.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/12/2014 11:01 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 11/12/14 10:43 AM, Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the
winters so long...



The coldest day of my life was a bright, sunny January day in 1970 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The wind coming off the lake was just brutal.
Don't know what the temp was.

Second coldest, at least in feeling cold, was a February day in 1990,
getting off the plane in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was told it was 20
below zero, Fahrenheit, and that if you peed outdoors, it would freeze
before it hit the ground. :)

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

By the way, a belated Happy Veterans Day to you.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

FlatulentOne farts....
"you could plant some winter crops in it."


I think you're getting me mixed up with your little BFF in CT and his Brockway Skiff.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

In the mid 80's I grew a beard and told my wife I was gonna shave it off on January 1. I did. And the next weekend it got down to -23 with a 30 mi wind. Talk about a glass jaw. WOW!

Time to winterized the boat..
 

wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:33:44 -0500, Harrold wrote:

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

Cape May in February was pretty cold too.

My brother spent 3 summers in the Antarctic as a SeaBee. Said it got -70f
during summer storms. They could not drive the snowcats as the tracks
would break due to cold. Winter, the Russians had the alcohol thermometer
freeze at -125. Coldest I think I ever felt was a bright sunny day at the
1960 Winter Olympics. Did not have warm snow boots and was about 5F. Have
been in colder weather, but better equipped.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the winters so long...

I order parts to redo the jet drive. Two weeks and back on the water.
Would not go out this wwwkend, even if boat running. Opening of commercial
crab season, and is a zoo. Parking lots at Pillerpoint harbor has
thousands of commercial traps stacked, as well,as the ones on the boats
ready to go. Good way to lose gear if I had it out. They start dropping
on Friday, and in the dark.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:01:38 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:01:50 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 11/12/14 10:43 AM, Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the winters so long...



The coldest day of my life was a bright, sunny January day in 1970 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The wind coming off the lake was just brutal.
Don't know what the temp was.

Second coldest, at least in feeling cold, was a February day in 1990,
getting off the plane in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was told it was 20
below zero, Fahrenheit, and that if you peed outdoors, it would freeze
before it hit the ground. :)


I have been lots of places where it was colder, skiing, hunting and on
ship in the North Atlantic but the coldest I ever felt was on an ell
platform in Chicago, just about any day in the winter.
Taking a warm coat to Chicago is just a trick. It fools you into
thinking you can actually go outside.
You are supposed to stand under the IR heaters outside the hotel, dive
into a Checker and run inside when you get where you are going

Years ago I flew into Chicago one January. Rental was running when I picked it up at the airport, so I drove to the hotel and parked it. Next morning I went out to start it, and it barely clicked. Was -30, and with windchill close to -60! Three days later the car finally cranked, it got up to 5 degrees and it actually felt pretty good outside.

You nawthuners can have it.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was 77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was 77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

Steam boat springs Colorado early January and my 1964 Chevy SS 4 speed
would not turn over. Was in the shade. Transmission oil was too thick.
Thermometer in the direct sun said 14. With jump start, soon as I pressed
in clutch, started like a champ. Growing up 10 blocks from San Francisco
Bay, not used to that stuff.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

BAR wrote:
In article om,
says...

On 11/12/2014 11:01 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 11/12/14 10:43 AM, Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the
winters so long...



The coldest day of my life was a bright, sunny January day in 1970 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The wind coming off the lake was just brutal.
Don't know what the temp was.

Second coldest, at least in feeling cold, was a February day in 1990,
getting off the plane in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was told it was 20
below zero, Fahrenheit, and that if you peed outdoors, it would freeze
before it hit the ground. :)

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

By the way, a belated Happy Veterans Day to you.

Better than spending a summer at Parris Island.

I don't know about that. Had a friend, who got a medical discharge after
losing two toes to frostbite at Great Lakes NTC.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:29:31 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:33:44 -0500, Harrold wrote:

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

Cape May in February was pretty cold too.

My brother spent 3 summers in the Antarctic as a SeaBee. Said it got -70f
during summer storms. They could not drive the snowcats as the tracks
would break due to cold. Winter, the Russians had the alcohol thermometer
freeze at -125. Coldest I think I ever felt was a bright sunny day at the
1960 Winter Olympics. Did not have warm snow boots and was about 5F. Have
been in colder weather, but better equipped.

We spent a few days at Squaw Valley but it was summer time.
We were are the Squaw Valley Creek resort, nice place but parking is a
PITA.

Is a nice area. Wife does not want to ski anymore, so we don't. We have
friends who have Tahoe cabins, so do get up in the area. We take the boat
up sometimes. But expensive for one or two trips. They have a quagga
mussel sticker and inspections. Adds cost. Mostly fishing and picnic on
the island in Emerald Bay.

Coldest I have ever been in was -21*F twice. First time was January 1, 1968. I had a New Years Eve party at my house. After the party broke up I went outside and started up my car. It was my 1st car a 1959 Ford Galaxie with a manual transmission. I depressed the clutch and started the car. I let it warm up for a few minutes. It was in 1st gear. I finally started down the road. I went to shift into 2nd but the shifter would not budge. I drove about a mile in 1st gear before I could get it into 2nd and about another half mile or so I managed to get into 3rd gear. Once it warmed up it shifted fine.

The second time was in 1977. We had a place in Harrison Michigan about half way up the lower peninsula. The snow on the ground was knee deep and I decided to take a hike through the woods. With the deep snow I was actually starting to sweat from the effort to make it through the deep snow so before I got chilled I had to turn around and head back home.

This past January we hit -16*F. It was the second coldest winter since record keeping began so says the National Weather Service. So much for global warming.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

25 above here this morning. Glad I got the boat finished last night. Next week it's gonna be down in the teens. I'm not ready for this,

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:01:52 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:29:31 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:33:44 -0500, Harrold wrote:

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

Cape May in February was pretty cold too.

My brother spent 3 summers in the Antarctic as a SeaBee. Said it got -70f
during summer storms. They could not drive the snowcats as the tracks
would break due to cold. Winter, the Russians had the alcohol thermometer
freeze at -125. Coldest I think I ever felt was a bright sunny day at the
1960 Winter Olympics. Did not have warm snow boots and was about 5F. Have
been in colder weather, but better equipped.

We spent a few days at Squaw Valley but it was summer time.
We were are the Squaw Valley Creek resort, nice place but parking is a
PITA.

Is a nice area. Wife does not want to ski anymore, so we don't. We have
friends who have Tahoe cabins, so do get up in the area. We take the boat
up sometimes. But expensive for one or two trips. They have a quagga
mussel sticker and inspections. Adds cost. Mostly fishing and picnic on
the island in Emerald Bay.

We were not really that happy with our Tahoe leg. I would have stayed
at Mammoth if it was me. Traffic was horrible trying to get around the
lake. We went in around the west side and out to the east and down
through Carson City. Both sucked.

Originally we were going out of Reno but a last minute call put in a
side trip to LaJolla and out LAX.
Long drive.

Our friends cabin are on are west Side. 1/2 and 3/4 way down. So not as
much traffic. We come in over highway 89 and us 50 most of the time.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:07:54 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

I bought the equivalent model of one of these three years ago.

http://www.redmax.com/products/blowers/ebz8500/

Make the job relatively wuick and painless. However, I have over 2 acres, and most of it is covered with huge red oak trees. Lots of leaves! That model is overkill for a "normal" lot.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Leaves? IMO where they land is where they stay.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

Rain today. Supposed to get some tomorrow and next week. Desperately need
it. Lake Oroville is down about 400'. One temporary ramp in use.
http://m.kcra.com/news/a-portrait-of...ville/28336638
You can google for Lake Shasta, etc.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:47:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

25 above here this morning. Glad I got the boat finished last night.
Next week it's gonna be down in the teens. I'm not ready for this,

I had to put a shirt on the other morning to walk Ed Brrr

Neighbors probably appreciated that. ;)

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/13/2014 11:52 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:47:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

25 above here this morning. Glad I got the boat finished last night. Next week it's gonna be down in the teens. I'm not ready for this,

I had to put a shirt on the other morning to walk Ed Brrr


Hey, knock it off..

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Tim wrote:
Leaves? IMO where they land is where they stay.

I have a couple Liquid Amber trees and Black Alder trees, beside the fruit
trees, so have to blow and vacuum the leaves. Especially in the back yard,
as they screw up the pool chemicals.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/13/2014 12:12 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:07:54 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

I bought the equivalent model of one of these three years ago.

http://www.redmax.com/products/blowers/ebz8500/

Make the job relatively wuick and painless. However, I have over 2 acres, and most of it is covered with huge red oak trees. Lots of leaves! That model is overkill for a "normal" lot.


I had a walk behind, but I traded it for a hand held... When I was
growing up we had 22 oaks and several white pines, all tucked in on one
half acre. Now we are down to two pines and 10 oaks. Unfortunately my
dad bought the downhill side of the street so every inch of it is
raking/blowing, up hill to the street. We do have pickup here in town,
no bags, just put the piles on the side of the road.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:27:32 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Leaves? IMO where they land is where they stay.

I just blow them off the grass into the natural areas, or what some might call the woods. :-)

We spend enough effort and money on the grass in the summer that it's worth the effort to take care of it in the winter.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:52:16 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:47:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

25 above here this morning. Glad I got the boat finished last night. Next week it's gonna be down in the teens. I'm not ready for this,

I had to put a shirt on the other morning to walk Ed Brrr

Just finished getting the latest batch of leaves up. Now mom nature
can do whatever she wants for the next few days.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:12:43 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:07:54 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

I bought the equivalent model of one of these three years ago.

http://www.redmax.com/products/blowers/ebz8500/

Make the job relatively wuick and painless. However, I have over 2 acres, and most of it is covered with huge red oak trees. Lots of leaves! That model is overkill for a "normal" lot.

This is mine. I love it.

http://www.echo-usa.com/Products/Blowers/PB-755ST

Even though I've got only 1/3 acre. Ten oaks, all over 1 1/2 ft
diameter, a couple maples, few othes. Lots of leaves. PITA.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:27:30 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Leaves? IMO where they land is where they stay.

Wish I could. They'd kill the grass I work so hard to keep nice.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/13/2014 3:19 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:27:30 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Leaves? IMO where they land is where they stay.

Wish I could. They'd kill the grass I work so hard to keep nice.


Yeah, me too. I am not a nut about my grass like some but I know because
I am built on a grade, I need the grass to keep a healthy environment
around the home and not wash all my topsoil out..

Time to winterized the boat..
 

One of my neighbors gets out his Dixon zero turn and mows his lawn one last time. Only he mows circling backwards and while chopping themup, blows the leaves onto a pile then mows the pile munching them even more. Then repeats the process three or four times and it's over.

Leaves just sorta disappear.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/13/2014 3:54 PM, Tim wrote:
One of my neighbors gets out his Dixon zero turn and mows his lawn one last time. Only he mows circling backwards and while chopping themup, blows the leaves onto a pile then mows the pile munching them even more. Then repeats the process three or four times and it's over.

Leaves just sorta disappear.


If we mulch the oak leaves in, we have to use a ton of lime in the
spring to offset the acidity... We use several methods, blow some, rake,
tarp whatever it takes.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:54:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

One of my neighbors gets out his Dixon zero turn and mows his lawn one last time. Only he mows circling backwards and while chopping themup, blows the leaves onto a pile then mows the pile munching them even more. Then repeats the process three or four times and it's over.

Leaves just sorta disappear.

That works for a while. Then the leaves overcome the ability of the
mower.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:40:16 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Tim wrote:
Leaves? IMO where they land is where they stay.

I have a couple Liquid Amber trees and Black Alder trees, beside the fruit
trees, so have to blow and vacuum the leaves. Especially in the back yard,
as they screw up the pool chemicals.

That is another advantage of having a pool cage. It keeps the crap out
of the pool. The county says I have 2719 square feet under screen so
it is a pretty good sized cage.

We do not have the bugs here that you got there.

Time to winterized the boat..
 

On 11/13/2014 10:30 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:54:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

One of my neighbors gets out his Dixon zero turn and mows his lawn one last time. Only he mows circling backwards and while chopping themup, blows the leaves onto a pile then mows the pile munching them even more. Then repeats the process three or four times and it's over.

Leaves just sorta disappear.

That was my strategy in maryland and I do a similar thing here with
the crap that grows over on the area behind me that belongs to FPL. I
have pretty much reclaimed about a quarter acre that was just an
overgrown thicket of peppers, air potatoes and fox grapes.
Once we got the bulk of it out of there I just keep running over it
with the mower. I do the same thing with the live oak leaves.
Turn it all to dust,


Can't do that here... if I let it go we would have three inches of mulch..

Time to winterized the boat..
 

Scott, I really didn't know that the oak leaves were that acidic and that you had that great of a concentration of them. Around here it's mostly maples. But I agree with Greg. Mowing them turned the leaves to powder and the wind takes them away. Usually to be replaced by more leaves.