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  Phil Voice October 30, 2013 at 10:06am

  Lol...it doesn't sound like it's the leaf blower that's the problem:-))
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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk October 30, 2013 at 11:14am

  There is a technique to leaf blowing, Ive watched many a new start try and fail miserably :-)
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  Eugene Baston October 30, 2013 at 6:13pm

  A very good advert for getting someone in to do it properly.
  
  But what works?
  
  One way that works for us is blowing debris into natural 'holding' areas. Right angled fences & walls are great, as is using two road stakes to secure a builders bag on its side to blow straight into.
  
  Stuff that doesn't go straight into a bag can be swiftly gathered up with a 65lt pot and roaming builders bag.
  
  Any other tricks amongst Juicers?
  
  Cheers, Eugene
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  Stuart Land-Scape.co.uk October 30, 2013 at 8:00pm

  i'm with you - herb them into a corner where they can't escape.

  word of advice, never try cleaning the inside of your van out with a backpack leaf blower - it's spectacular but makes the mess worse.
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  Eugene Baston October 30, 2013 at 8:49pm

  Stuart....thank you for the huge laugh just erupted here when I read your thoughts on leaf blower and applying it to back of van/truck. Cartoon time :->

  One trick that's old but worth mentioning is to go easy on the blower - short and swift blows when bringing a pile together in a right angled area saves the leaves getting blown up too far and exiting the garden into neighbours' areas.

  That written - there are a couple of gardens where opening a gate into a paddock or similar is a fabulous way of saying bye bye to Nature's deposit at this time of year :->
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  Thermo October 30, 2013 at 9:45pm

  I like the last line. does no one ever use a broom these days. Leaf blowers have their place but you cant beat a large stiff bass broom!
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  Dan Frazer Gardening October 30, 2013 at 10:21pm

  The blower is the one tool that saves me most time, makes me most money and produces the immaculate finishes I like to leave.. its also the one tool whose role cannot be carried out using other equipment.
  
  Once you realise that a mower = a hoover, and certain shrub beds and borders = sinks for organic matter then a whole world of clean gardens opens up!