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Leaf Vacuum is also a Rake!
We have a large yard with many small bushes and evergreen shrubs that are low and thick. All have landscape rock around them.
Our oak trees drop their leaves in spring. This means that in spring the shrubs are buried in leaves with the rock below. I have been using a leaf blower to vacuum the leaves. (The rock does not get sucked up.)
It took two full days to clean the shrubs. By adding 3 nails with duct tape I converted the Vacuum into sort of a rake. It works best on the evergreens. I can shake the branches to release the oak leaves. It works well also on the landscape rock. I can shake the rock to loosen the dirt of the previous year.
What took 2 days now takes a day and my modified blower does a better job.
Good luck and let me know how it works.
John Sexton
john@hobbitat.com
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