Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:32:05 Nick Maclaren wrote:

Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?

Well, I thought that, but it might be because I've this year taken over
clearing fallen leaves from my late wife.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

In article , Nick Maclaren
writes

Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Little wind to blow them away so heavy caret around the tree itself?
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Bert

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:32:05 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote:

Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others noticed
that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?

Not sure that it has been any heavier - but it has certainly gone on
longer. The back lawn still needs a final going over to remove the heavy
cover (I have no problem with a few left on the grass, just not a carpet)
and this would normally have been completed a couple of weeks ago.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote


Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?


Yes it does.
Certainly our Wisteria had a very good growing year and took a lot more
pruning and more bags of leaves than normal. It has never attacked our Holly
tree or our roof and next doors garage roof before, goodness knows how
Freesat still worked considering how it had grown around the dish. Do hope
this is not going to be the new normal.
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Regards.
Bob Hobden.
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In article , bert wrote:

Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?

Little wind to blow them away so heavy caret around the tree itself?

True, but not the issue. I have had to put a lot more wheelbarrow
loads on the compost heap than I remember doing in the past, and
haven't finished yet.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 19/12/16 14:32, Nick Maclaren wrote:
Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?

We've been here only 5 years, but I would say that this year seems to
have had the heaviest leaf fall. But, I would also say that where the
leaves fall depends on the wind direction. Our 18 metre ash is against
the north fence, and our neighbour's similarly-sized beech is just over
the east fence. The winds are usually from the south-west, so the leaves
fall on the other side of the fences and don't bother us. This year,
however, has seen a long run of north-easterlies, so those ash and beech
leaves have ended up in our garden.

You said in a reply that you have had more wheelbarrow loads on the
compost heap this year. I assume you just rake them up and don't use a
leaf vacuum to collect them. One possible reason for a perception that
there are more leaves is that the leaf vac shredder is not working as
well as usual (I have to replace my shredding line), and the bag needs
to emptied more frequently.

--

Jeff

In article , says...

In article , bert wrote:

Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?

Little wind to blow them away so heavy caret around the tree itself?

True, but not the issue. I have had to put a lot more wheelbarrow
loads on the compost heap than I remember doing in the past, and
haven't finished yet.

Despite the late spring, all of my trees have managed to put on a lot of
growth this summer, therefore a greater quantity of leaf fall.



Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Jeff Layman wrote:

We've been here only 5 years, but I would say that this year seems to
have had the heaviest leaf fall. But, I would also say that where the
leaves fall depends on the wind direction. ...

Yes, definitely, but that's not relevant here. My garden is such
that essentially all of 'my' leaves will fall in it, and they can't
blow out because of the fences etc. In a windy year, I get more of
the neighbours' leaves, but not enough to make much difference.

You said in a reply that you have had more wheelbarrow loads on the
compost heap this year. I assume you just rake them up and don't use a
leaf vacuum to collect them. ...

Yes.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Monday, 19 December 2016 14:33:32 UTC, Nick Maclaren wrote:
Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I think that the leaves fell over a shorter period this year and so soeemed more at the time: at keast here it seemed so!
Pam Moore

In message , Pam
Moore writes
On Monday, 19 December 2016 14:33:32 UTC, Nick Maclaren wrote:
Is it just that the trees and I am getting older, or have others
noticed that the leaf fall seems to be unusually heavy this year?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I think that the leaves fell over a shorter period this year and so
soeemed more at the time: at keast here it seemed so!
Pam Moore

We had a particularly dry summer, and some trees were starting to show
signs of distress - particularly (for some reason) the chestnut. Leaves
were beginning to shrivel and die before they reached full maturity.
Then the rain came - and the trees seemed to revive.

Continuing into a rather damp (but not unduly wet) autumn, and in the
absence of frosts until we were well into November, the trees took on a
second lease of life. In the absence of any really strong winds, they
hung onto their leaves until we were almost into December. However, they
eventually realised it really was winter, and a lot of different species
(including the ash - which is normally one of the first to drop its
leaves) dropped their leaves over the next two weeks - making it appear
that that there had been an unusually heavy leaf fall.

So, in short, I doubt that there were really more leaves, but instead
all the leaves that there were fell in a relatively short period.
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Ian