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Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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Posted by new_to_charlottenc 8 (My Page) on Wed, May 24, 06 at 14:39
| My mom is in her late 60's and she is looking for an easier way to pick up leaves and put them in a bag. She doesn't like dragging around a garbage can, lined with a bag. She just likes using a bag but it's tough for her to fill it at first.
Is there a product on the market that allows someone to set up a bag?
Is there some kind of thing you can put on your hands, to make it easier to grab more leaves at a time? My mom said her friend in England said they sell "leaf hands" for 1 pound. You slide them on like gloves, but they make your hands huge, I guess like, "Clown Hands". With the giant hands, you can scoop up leaves. |
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RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| Does your Mom have a mower with bag attachment? If so, just mow the leaves and dump the bag into the garbage can. |
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| I once had one of those mower bags, & my experience was that it was heavy & awkward to handle. So I became a fan of allowing leaves to compost in place. They provide immediate insulation against extreme temps & moisture loss, & when they break down, they add nutrients to the soil. |
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| You need to check out Port-o-bag and gator rakes! Look up 'leaf scoops' and you will find those things you can put on your hands. There are MANY companies that make trash bag holders. One is Port-A-Bag. I'll bet most of the good gardening tool catalogs have something that will be useful. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Try one of these!
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| There are several gadgets available for holding up the bags, but so far, I haven't found the company that made the one I prefer. It's flat [like a tray] with a hinged flap on either side; lightweight, sturdy plastic; folds flat about the thickness of three layers of corrugated cardboard. The size works with 35-gallon and larger bags. It can be stood on end with the bag pulled over the upper edge (good if you like to lift and drop stuff into the open bag) or lay it flat on the ground to hold the bag open and rake leaves directly into it! While I use a lawn vac during heavy leaf fall, and a mower with a bagger for grass clippings, this bag-thingy still gets a lot of use because it is so-o-o convenient to rake right into the bag especially if it's hedge trimmings. |
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| Well, Meldy....that's not good enough! We want details, girl! Take a picture for us. I (too) am looking for any kind of gadget that makes gardening a bit easier. |
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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This is similar but a small one, and I don’t know anything about the company.
http://www.alwaysbrilliant.com/?SC=98656&PD=44368&PID=675&AG=262487400&MT=3&gclid=CIWfmYffloUCFUetLAodlW7oHw I’m not the only one who can’t find it:
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/lawns/msg0309255419068.html?7 and I did look up the funnel design, but all I could find was a patent thingy – says it’s metal, and I don’t see the point of having metal. I’ll keep looking, meanwhile I’m glad we’ve got a couple months to go before leaves start to fall! |
Here is a link that might be useful: leafbag holder
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| Another aging mom here. Last year I "mowed" my leaves into the mower catcher and used the chopped leaves for mulch for winter. There sure were enough to go around :-) Carol |
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| Here is a Lee Valley Tools solution, a cart that is flat to the ground so that leaves can be raked into it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Low rider Cart
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| If you are still looking for a good solution to bagging leaves, I have it! Try BagJaw. Soon there will be a Reusable "Green" Collection Bag too. |
Here is a link that might be useful: BagJaw
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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- Posted by lindac Iowa Z 5/4 (My Page) on
Sat, May 24, 08 at 11:27
I have a thing-ey that holds a recyclable leaf bag ( we call them city bags because the city will take them for compost). It's a plastic cylinder that holds a bag with a sort of thing like a giant fruit jar filler that snaps on the top and holds the bag firm. Then I have 2 yellow plastic things that look like 12 inch pot lide that I grip to pick up large amounts of leaves and dump them into the bag. When it's full I pop off the "funnel" and lift the tube off the bag, tie and take to the curb.
Works for me....if it weren't raining I would take a picture of it.
Linda C |
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| my cousin had invented a device called the LEAF BAG FUNNEL , its a patented design that's he's marketed at home depot and lowes and some of the home and garden "buyers" trade shows - so far his design is what everyone is looking for , contact him thru his website http://www.leafbagfunnel.com/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: leafbagfunnel website
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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| Try the Leaf Taco! It's the easiest way to pick and bag leaves. Please visit us at www.buyleaftaco.com and take a look at our special offer. Thanks |
Here is a link that might be useful: www.buyleaftaco.com
RE: Leaf Bagging & Picking Up Leaves
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