It was rough

[luvtimes]

But I cut the grass at 82 degrees today I got somebody else doing it from now on all summer thank God

[emilyB]

It was quite hot here and we decided to clean out the gutters.  We were growing plants/weeds in them they were so bad.  I wanted to get someone to do it but was met with silence.  I went to the store (he must have been waiting for me to leave).  When I drove back he was up high on a ladder with both my neighbors on either side nagging him and telling him I would be mad at him when I got home.  True!  You just don't do that when you're on your own.  He was determined to do it so I just pitched in and cleaned up the flying debris from the gutters.  It was solid dirt/earth and weeds.  We'll never let it go that long again before cleaning them out.

[takncarabizniz]

Since moving, we've had to clean ours out twice!  The pine needles layer everything around here with each rain.  Everytime I rake up the muck in the driveways, the next rain, it's all back...ugh.

Hubby bought me a blower to help, but so far, it's been so wet, it blows the gravel around more than the needles.

And yes...men are the most stubborn creatures.

[luvtimes]

Suggestion:

Gutter covers that'll stop all the leaves and crap
that gets into your gutters and you can also get rain barrels for when you don't have enough rain and use the water from the downspouts to water your gardens.

Gutter covers are really cheap trust me.

I know you get a lot of rain water...a treasure in some parts of the country...but you can store it for the times you need it...or divert it to parts of the garden that needs it...how much fun is that....

Thinking about that in Memphis cause it rains a lot but it evaporates so fast into the soil that you wouldn't know if it rained or not.  I see folks here watering like crazy.  The cost got to be over the top...saving rain water in barrels to me is the only way....follow by example...but you have to study it to keep mosquitoes out of the mix... to that I say Dawn soap...

[takncarabizniz]

Gutter covers here, with the amount of rain we get and the amount of needles and leaves ends up pouring stuff over the gutters.  everyone we've talked to said they don't work here.