Piles of leaves/sticks/whatever previously created that were mulched: 8.
Beds that were completely filled: 2.
Beds incompletely filled: 2.
Bags of leaf-based mulch created: approximately 20.
Retail value of said bags: probably around $60.
Bags of stick-based mulch created: 2.
Retail value of said bags: probably around $15.
Value of having the leaves they were created from gone from the yard: much more than $75.
Kiddie pools used to hold stick-based mulch: 1.
Of the chipper and shredder, number of features I’m happy with on the new tool: 1. (Ed: The chipper takes way too long to deal with – lots of clogging to have to work around. Or maybe I just don’t know what I’m doing.)
Mosquito bites: 2. (The yard spray works!)
Yellow jacket nests found: 1. (Luckily, I wasn’t stung.)
Hottest temperature worked in: 97 degrees.
Rocks accidentally put down the shredder chute: over 500, counting pebbles.
Times I stopped the machine just to clear out rocks from the shredder chute: 3.
How much better the back yard looks, in terms of percentage: 90%. (I still need to get pine straw or mulch down around my trees, and there’s still too many overgrown and weedy areas for my taste, but at least the piles of junk are gone. Overall, very pleased with the outcome of the time spent.)
