[caption id="attachment_4066" align="alignright" width="200"]<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/leaf-pilesnov16.jpg"><img class="wp-image-4066 size-thumbnail" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/leaf-pilesnov16-200x150.jpg" alt="leaf-pilesnov16" width="200" height="150" /></a> Half the back lawn raked[/caption]

I'm sure you're going to get fed up with me banging on about the leaves that accumulate on the lawns but I thought I'd share a couple of photographs of my efforts on Sunday. I spent close to three hours raking and sweeping around the house and eventually took six large bags to the tip (recycling centre). You maybe wondering why I don't compost them, well the answer is the mountain of leaves this would produce is just too large.

[caption id="attachment_4067" align="alignleft" width="200"]<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/leavesnov16.jpg"><img class="wp-image-4067 size-thumbnail" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/leavesnov16-200x150.jpg" alt="leavesnov16" width="200" height="150" /></a> And there's still more...[/caption]

Last year there were two of us clearing up and you know how Jane always did the work of two people so it has effectively reduced from three to one - now it takes a lot longer. On the plus side it is good exercise...

This is the last time this autumn I will mention leaves, I promise.