I saw the title of the video and thought, "Really! How to rake leaves?" I was wrong. I will never rake leaves again without using David's tips. Great video. Thanks.
Sir, when I rake leaves I create a pile and then close by another pile and so forth. I don't like moving leaves halfway across the yard, but rather do piles about every ten or fifteen feet from each other. It seems more efficient than raking up one big pile and having to move leaves so far. I'm not sure I explained it well, but either way, I enjoyed your video.
I have to disregard. To me it is more efficient to use your riding lawn mower with a mulch blade and a piece of 1/2" bye 1/2 metal fabric over the shoot. Which prevents large leaves from being blown out before being mulched!
The suggestion to buy a blower misses the entire point: some of us want the materials gone, not just blown into someone else's yard. We compost so getting rid of free matter isn't our thing.
Thanks for the comment, Laura. I'm so sorry you're without a Dad, but maybe some of us helpers here on YT can fill a bit of the gap. It humbles me that there are so many people viewing my vids that are in your situation, and some even "adopt" me as their "online Dad." I want to reach out to each person and do what I can. Good luck with your first home - I think you're headed in the right direction to be learning to do stuff yourself, because when there's something to be done, especially with home maintenance but also with just about anything, you have three choices: do it yourself, hire (or cajole) someone to do it, or leave it undone. I've been on a strict budget before and that's why I learned a lot about doing it myself. And that's some of what I share here. Take care, and good luck.
First time home owner here too. This is very helpful. In my county we need to bag the leaves in a paper bag - strictly no plastic bags. Any different tips for that?
@@ajaysridharanfor all my garbage, I use heavy duty contractor bags. Then after I bag the leaves in the paper bags, I simply put the paper bag in the contractor bag.
I saw the 5.3M views and I thought, what does this guy have to say to teach us ? Well, I was wrong. He has ideas that I have never seen of or heard of before. He is down to earth and I appreciate his efforts and video. Thank you, David !!!
@@skimanfree1073With all respect you are wrong. There are not bored people but those who have never stopped to learn and have great appreciation for the people like David!
Thanks for that, J Chavez. It never occurred to me when I made these videos that they could reach so many people in this way. Guess I'll keep making more.
I have a father, just that we never had problems with leaves when I was growing up because we never lived anywhere that had copious amounts of trees near the yard And here I am living in a house with 8 + palms
Thank you so much for this; you are truly a gem on the internet! I found myself suddenly single and suddenly responsible for all kinds of house and yard work that I am struggling to complete. I thought that there must be a better way to deal with all of these leaves, as I was just raking them and then scopping them into bags with my hands. Some people may think, "This stuff is just common sense!" But to some of us, it's just something we've never dealt with and have no idea where to start. So again, thank you for this--so much!
I have liked and subscribed as well. I am going to finish this job and then take a look at your other videos to see if you have made videos for some of my other problems!
Thanks so much for sharing all this, Emily. My heart goes out to you for being suddenly single - that's got to be something of a jolt for you. I'm happy I was able to help make your unaccustomed chores a bit easier. There have been several videos I have put up about which I thought, "Oh, everyone already knows that!" but was surprised at how many people said they were glad to learn it. Take care, and my best to you.
I spent last weekend raking leaves and searched for videos today because I thought, “There must be an easier way.” Then I found you! I love your masher - it’s ingenious and why did I never think to designate a large garbage pail to hold the bags? Thank you so much for taking the time to make this and teach us.
grew up without a father figure so this was invaluable, thank you for taking the time to make it. also, looking at your channel, you deserve way more followers for the quality of content you publish.
Thanks, Doug. I'm so glad I could help, however little it has been. And needless to say, I totally agree about MORE FOLLOWERS! 😂 But hey, I can just make vids that inspire me, vids I think might help others.
@@mizzury54 well in your context, i don't see how this has anything to do with women. my point was that i never had anyone to teach me how to do outdoor things, which (i assume) is something a father would teach his son.
@@mizzury54 Men & Women know how to put leaves into a bag: however, this, by far, is the most "efficient" method I have ever seen & without costly gadgets. Well done sir!.
Hey David ... I just love a guy that thinks about how to move a wall rather than just beating his head against it. I have done it almost identically for years. When I watched this I had one big grin on my face. The difference between your method and mine is that you took the time to demonstrate and share it which is commendable. My hat's off to you, all my best ... Dave
mulch the leaves every week with a lawn mower until they stop falling off the trees. it is a lot easier than raking and bagging. if you have a riding mower it is much much easier.
@@warrenpeas AMEN. I bought a riding mower in 2016 at the age of 65 and I wish I had done so long before. Riding mowers do require more care but they are worth it.
Agreed, concise and has only what you need, no fluff. Good tips! I think I will stick with my method though for now, but I may mix things up in the future.
Thanks! You know, I get so frustrated when hotels and public trash receptacles have a bag in them that traps so much air there's no room for the trash. Either they don't KNOW how to put them in properly, or they know and don't care.
I know a 78 year old lady who doesn't drive and has never had a driver's license. You're never too old for anything.... But there's great pride in a willingness to learn. Good on you!
Thanks, DahHar117 - I'm embarrassed to admit how many years I did it the "normal" way before thinking, "There's GOT to be a better way" and figuring this out. Take care.
I was all geared up to leave a comment about how does a video about leaves get over 2 million views and then at 4:56 I realized that this guys was on a whole other level of raking lol. Now I understand.. lol.
Ditto!!! I live in So Cal. We have no leaves here, But I am Mesmerized by his skills!!! He’s a Genius!!! 😃😃😃 I’m being sincere, not sarcastic. I subscribed!!! 😃
Great video! I learned the two rakes under the arms thing from my dad. After that I always assumed it to be obvious. It's surprising how many people don't know how to use these hand tools. My dad worked on a golf course and he was a true master of hand tools. I never appreciated this until I got older. I've show up on projects and seen people work, then thought to myself "no one really know how to use these hand tools...I guess dad really knew his stuff!"
David, that was the most entertaining leaf raking and bagging I've seen in my life. I don't think I'll need to watch another one in my life. How I ended up here, I don't know. Life is a mystery.
I can watch this man all day long. WHY??? Thanks, Mister, for throwing yourself out there. I'm going to teach this to my mother who love sweeping the leaves in our property. God bless you, brother.
Yesterday was the first time I really got out there and raked leaves, I was motivated and ready after watching this video. I did not have 2 rakes, used a broom and a rake and let's just say I had those leaves up and put in bags so fast, tecnique was very convenient ! Thank you sooooo much, love watching videos that actually give tips that work❤️
This is my kind of guy. So serious about the war on leaves that he's got three rakes, builds tools to optimize bag space, and customizes his trash cans.
Wait a minute. Something's missing. Oh, wait, I know! This is a clear, concise video with useful information. Where's all the loud, screaming, unrelated "music" drowning out that useful information?? IT'S NOT THERE!! Well done, man. The concentration gods are smiling on you! Love it.
Ha ha ha! You are absolutely right! I've put some music in some of my other videos, but I try very hard not to let it get in the way. I don't much like it, but it does make good filler at times. And me a professional musician. Go figure.
@k asdfg You have a low standard for YT video. At least 1/3 of it needs to be hand-held sefie as if we all want to see the YTer's shaky mug filling up our display while yammering on about not what we were drawn to in the first place. ; ) (I swear, there must be a lot of YTers out there who just want to be able to see themselves talking)
I was about 5 minutes in before I was like I dont even have trees that drop leaves and have no need to rake or bag them, but I watched because if you can make a 9 minute video about it at least I could watch it. Great video!
Out of everything I looked up this was by far the most useful and efficient way to bag leaves. I started by hand and the time it took to bag 5 bags was what it took to do the remaining 20 with this method. Thanks now I’m all set up for years to come!
I spent my childhood autumns being picked up by my dad and put inside the can to jump up and down on the leaves to pack them in! I love your invention! The world needs more videos like this. Thank you!
So true, Beta. We geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. At least now with RUclips, there's the chance to share some of our ideas with others.
David, I used portions of your instruction yesterday on my maple (didn’t have all materials on hand) and took a traditional 10 bag job down to 2! Thank you!!
My dad passed away before I bought my first house so I never learned anything about home maintenance. Thanks for taking the time to make this video, it's so helpful!
When I was a young boy a big part of growing up was doing "chores" long before I ever bought my own house. Teach your children when they are young, they will learn how to do productive things and develop a concept that is long gone from many households, it's called "work ethic". No lecture here just friendly advice.
Many years ago when I was just married, I knew someone like this fellow. Mr. Stanley was a great neighbor and gave me a lot of house/yard maintenance tips. Love common sense, low tech videos like this. Don't ever assume all people have this (common sense). Thanks Mr. David.
You're quite welcome, John P. And of course, there's no way I know all those tips. You should make some videos yourself to share the ones you've learned. Or at least go to www.DavidsTutorials.com and tell me so I can make a video about them.
David, I hope this short missive finds you hale and hearty. I just came across your solution to the leaves and air problem. Skeptical at first but finally decided to give your method a try. Very happy that I did. We have a young red maple tree in our yard and I think it was trying for a world record number of leaves this year. Red leaves every where! Not any more. My wife and daughter were raking while I was loading them in a 55 gallon steel drum with vent holes. The "press" board worked wonders. We now have 40+ bags of leaves sitting by the road, awaiting pick up.. Thank you for the video. I subscribed and expect to learn a lot more from you. Jim Elkins aka GPJ.....
Thanks for that, Jim! (GPJ? Grand Pa Jim?) Ah, I remember red maples from when I lived in Maine. Gorgeous, especially interspersed with birch, aspen and pine. I'm so glad you got some good info from the video.
Im not sure how I ended up watching this video. I don't even have a yard and leaves to rake but I'll keep these tips for they might be useful one day. Thanks for the video.
I have rented a place where the neighbors tree has literally grown across my entire front yard in the 5 years ive been here and i used to do all that raking and bagging but ive gone to taking a Tarp and tacked it down to the ground in one less useful area of my yard. I then rake the leaves onto the tacked down tarp then i place another tarp on top and tack it down (huge pile makes it look like the grounds about to birth) Then i let it sit all winter. By summer i use the mix that's broken down in my garden beds along with fertilizer. This way i don't have to pay to remove them and they repurpose back into the earth and its bounty it gives us. Just a lot less steps in the fall and perfect for composting. Im disabled, i have to conserve energy and think how best to help the earth and get the job done without too much footprint. I've used the same tarps for the past 4yrs.
Simple, it is eye opening, and many folks hate cleaning up leaves and look for something better. Changed how I'll cleanup leaves the rest of my life, no longer sucks!
A 5 gallon bucket also works well to compact the leaves. That's what I've used when filling the paper bags (many towns don't accept plastic bagged leaves). With a bucket, you don't have to bend down as far too.
Great idea with the 5-gallon bucket. Also, several people have commented they cut their leaf-masher disk to fit the shape of the paper bags, and it worked great. Take care.
I'm about to cry. He reminds me of my dad. That generation was the most inventive ingenious generation ever. They devise all kinds of inventions to solve any problem. My dad could make anything with pvc pipe, bungee cords, duct tape and Velcro. The kids nowadays don't know how to do squat.
Your dad's generation didn't have internet, smart phones, laptop computers, gaming consoles, 50 inch flat TV's, cars with driver assist gadgets, 200 TV channels...
This is wonderful, it's like visiting Dad you first autumn after you buy your first house. I did watch this before. I just put the leaves in a can and then dump the leaves in my compost. No plastic bag. Instead of a disk, you can use the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket to smoosh the leaves down The genius part of this that I used as a takeaway was using two rakes to clamp the leaves. I have been doing that and it really spares my back.
All very good points IF plastic bags are used and I love your ingenuity. It doesn't make sense to bag compostable material into plastic. Many communities don't even allow this practice... as it should be. I tend to mulch mow as much as I can and also rake onto tarps to deposit into areas of my yard/garden where they can become super fertilizer. Also deposit shredded (mulch mowed/bagged) leaves onto areas under trees and garden beds with perennial plants and shrubs. This stuff is pure gold; would never throw it away.
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now working around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. Maybe I can put out a video on this in a year or so, showing results.
Just grew up in apartments...got an acre with a pool now And its all new to me!!!! Thank you!!! Threw my back out first time raking, didnt know thay leaves could be soo dangerous. I thought im way too young to cant rake leaves grrrr you r my hero
Thanks, A M House. I've been raking leaves more years than I care to remember, and it chagrins me to think of how long it took me to come up with an easier way. I'm glad this helped you.
Thanks, Bait sock! It was a bit of a challenge keeping a straight face during portions of this video. I've learned from years in front of a classroom how engaging it is to embed points with double meanings, one of which can be taken humorously. Not always easy to do, but fun for everyone when you can.
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 (for backyard composting) or amzn.to/2DNdPgT (for curbsite pickup). I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now hoping to work around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. (If those two concepts are new to you, they are definitely worth checking out for any serious composter.)
@@DavidsTutorials You've easily more leaves than me Dave. I can mulch 3' of leaves to almost nothing... then switch to bag mode. Pour then into all my gardens and they shrink down to 4:1 by summer. Good luck on the next experiment!
@@DavidsTutorials I have a wooden indoor vermiculture colony going. Not large scale by any means but great for the potted plants and tiny garden in my yard. The worm poop is gold.
RUclips algorithm decided to recommend this video to me and I never knew this would be a video I needed to see. I legitimately learned something that I didn't think I needed to know and I am absolutely grateful for it. Thank you for this, David! I am subscribed and looking forward to your future videos!
In our area, we are not allowed to use plastic trash bags for yard waste. Yard waste, including fallen leaves, can only be contained in recyclable paper yard waste bags, for curbside pickup.
Well, I'm back. I made one of these for my daughter and it worked so well, I'm going to make one for myself. We moved and have two trees in our front yard that produce a ton of leaves. This is one hack well worth the little bit of time and effort and makes life so much easier! Thank you sir1
Thank you for this! I was never taught how to rake leaves. I was trying to do it by myself without knowing anything today and wasn’t doing a very good job lol. Thank you for the tips ❤
I don't know about everyone else but my favorite part was when he broke the sticks up in small pieces so they don't poke holes in the bag. But seriously, It was a great video David. Loved your clever & inventive tips. Now I just need to get my lazy butt up and go rake my leaves. Ugh.
Thanks, Chris, and I hope this will make it easier. And yep - the reason I started breaking up the sticks was they DID poke holes in the past, and then would sometimes gouge my legs as I carried/dragged the bags. An ounce of prevention...
Very good advice and great tips! I can attest that these work because it's what I do. Two additional things I do, which help me, are (1.) I use a battery powered leaf blower (an EGO) to blow the leaves into piles, which saves my back on so much raking. I still have to do some raking, but only to regroup the leaves as I take them out of the piles. (2.) We have a leaf grinder which sets above the trash receptical (lawn bags or a trash can with a bag inside it. We drop the leaves in the grinder (which uses trimmer line) and it grinds them up so we have less bags for the landfill. It can be hard to find a good one that will last, but it does help, if you are so inclined.
Me and my friend have been raking for the past few days over the break to make some money, we just did one guys house and didn’t finish because his yard was SO BIG (of course we didn’t check how big it was, dumb move on us) so we’re finishing it tomorrow (Saturday) but he’s right guys it’s not easy at all, you can’t bag a bag without the other person. This is very helpful! Thank you!
Thanks for that. Yep, we geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. The way of the world.
I've never had a problem getting a bag into a trash can, but I've had a lot of problems getting them out. Holes in the can would solve that. Your mashing disk is a small stroke of genius.
never pull straight up on the bag. all you have to do is close the top of the bag then just lay the can on its side. the bulk of the weight will shift to the lowest level and you can easily slide the bag out sideways.
Thanks, Scott! Einstein said genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration; I think that should be modified to add "... or by making a whole bunch of mistakes, then figuring out how not to make them next time."
Thanks for the suggestion - and I definitely considered that - but the only difference would be to cut the masher to the shape of the bag, which seems too simple for a whole video. Hm?
Because you couldn't have figured out to rake your own leaves to save the money and how to put a plastic bag in a trash can and how to dispose of leaves in almost the worst possible way? Thank god for you tube.
Thanks David for sharing and teaching. This is one of the timeless clips! For those who want to add more to the bag, don'😅t tie it yet. Take it out and free standing on the ground with the bag wide open, there are still room to fill another 50% more! In this late stage, i can close (but not tie) the bag and throw my body weight on it to compress it further, to allow more leave to be put in.
@@DavidsTutorials They are all valid to look out for, especially for some low quality bag. I usually fill up 70% with just-dry-leave before putting in other heavier lawn and garden debris such as bigger branches.
@@DavidsTutorials BTW, question for u. After depressing the leave level, the level with bounce back some. Do u have any trick to minimize the bounce back?
Tried mulching leaves several different ways and found that placing the loaded bags in a remote corner of the yard for a year seems to work best. Usually got some twenty bags of black compost without turning for the price of some bags and a little of my time. The compactor tool for the can is a great idea.
I feel like these kinds of life lesson don't exist much theses days. I've always had property to compost my leaves but this would definitely be helpful if I had to bag them. Well done sir.
This guy is great I like his style. I always have two rakes when picking up trash weather it's leaves or bush trimmings etc. Always one rake as it came from the manufacturer and one with every other tine removed which is my gravel rake. By removing every other tine you've created a rake made for working in gravel because it will still grab most all the trash while leaving behind most all the gravel. Your customers paid for that gravel so make a gravel rake the easy way and buy the $10 rake from HD with the black plastic head bc it's very easy to remove every other tine. A few other changes I'd recommend: don't use trash bags. They just add to the landfill, add to your expenses and as this gentleman so eloquently points out they are a pita to work with. The other recommendation is go with the 45 gallon+ large mouth cans with the rectangular openings. Much bigger opening than the round smaller cans and they usually come with wheels which saves tons of energy on big jobs or long days. Finally I like the circle technique for taking the trash but only if it starts @ the edges of the work area and brings everything to the center. Never start in the middle of your work area always start @ the farthest edge otherwise you will clean the same area more than once. For an area this large the circle technique is not an option instead start on one edge of the yard and begin raking a comfortable distance of reach but all the way across the yard. Then do the same thing all the way back until you have one long pile that you will PU as you go. This is the most efficient method of trash management because the trash all goes in the same direction and you never rake the same area twice. In review always buy the rectangular wide mouth cans with wheels, never use bags (unless for some reason you have too, then use his technique), always use two rakes for PU and deposit into the cans and the trash should all move in the same direction unless you are using the circular technique on a smaller area. And if you have gravel make you a gravel rake it'll save you from throwing away perfectly good gravel.
That's some great information, John! I have pine bark in one of my flower beds, and have been considering replacing it with lava rock or other gravel -- the only thing keeping me from doing that is the kabillion tons of leaves I get every year, and not being able to figure out how to remove the leaves without also removing the gravel. Yeah, I could use a blower, but meh. Maybe you should make a video about your gravel rake! Or shoot video of you making and using one, send it to me, and I'll put it up as a tutorial here. I currently have just over 3,600 subscribers, so maybe it would reach a wider audience? Thanks for your comments!
@@DavidsTutorials I'm glad you got a chance to read my comments and even more glad you appreciate the content! I felt compelled to comment bc in the Phoenix area in the summer I like to spend as little time as possible on my yard/tree jobs. Keep up the great work David maybe someday I'll shoot you a short clip of my gravel rake in action. Good Bless
@@MeTreesndirt in tight spots like in the corner of the yard with a tree up against you definitely otherwise it's the best way to manage trash on the ground
Haha...I have 15 acres. My mower has one of those removable bag catcher things on it. I was emptying it every 5 minutes. I’ll just mow one last time so the leaves are shredded and let it compost. Hopefully next year I’ll be in a condo....😬
And for those who are going on about pens in his pocket, they may be the people that say, “Do you have a pen on you? or “Let me borrow your pen just a quick minute” then absentmindedly walk off with someone’s pen.
Thanks for that. Yep, we oldsters have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. The way of the world.
Sorry Apple pie its not american .... It was a common food in many Europeans countries well before Columbus adventure to america :-). But we get what you mean .
I came back to say thank you for this, I've been using the two rake method for lifting the piles and it works a treat. I had no-one to show me, you basically stepped in as my online dad. Thanks!
Thanks so much, MrChrisRoden. I'm happy to be able to share "things I've learned" and "things I've figured out" here on YT with so many others. I know everything won't apply to everyone, but hopefully, all I post here will help SOMEONE, and I'm glad this helped you. Take care.
dont throw leaves away in a plastic bag only to fill up the landfield with what is rich compost material. Put in a compost pile using a wheel barrell. It breaks down into rich soil by throwing table scraps. Or if you have to throw away use paper yard waste bags. if you just have to use plastic bags, tie it up tight and keep light out and in a season you have what is call "leaf mold" and it is great to feed trees and lawns and gardens with this rich compost. A mulching electric lawn mower (I use Colbalt brand from Lowe's, it has been great) sucks and chops leaves and small sticks and grass and weeds. Just empty refillable mower bag when full over and over year round into compost pile. Your lawn and earth will be replenished when you feed it back all composted material.
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 or amzn.to/2DNdPgT. I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now working around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. Maybe I can put out a video on this in a year or so, showing results.
Home plate, I tried the compost pile. It was iverflowing in ine trip of my wagon. Not eveone can make a compost pile. Our entire neighbirhood of houses rakes about 300-500 bags of leaves per house. Lots of trees....TONS of leaves, and sticks, no where to put them. Some people burn them, but that ceeates a lot of smoke, etc. I agree with the landfill thing. But SO many states and cities don't have leaf lick up. And so either we have messy, moldy yards, or we bag the leaves, or burn them. Not many choices. Acrually this is the 3rd neighborhood we've lived in, in 2 different states where we've had tons of leaves. Looking for a BREAK from it. Tired of raking leaves, pixking up sticks, pinecones, and spikey balls from gum trees. Help!!!
dede4004 may be call the local green clubs. County extension. University science/ ecology depts. In many areas many people want those leaves! There has to be a workable solution for all your leaves than plastic and the landfield. David also brought up compostable bags but I dont know the details and cost. How big are the yards? leaves need to be mulched (chopped up) and wetted down (rained on) and a little "green" thrown in. Or sequestered (no light, little air) like in dark black lawn bags. As two methods of composting and they give back rich compost. I am always needing more more more material to make garden soil for raised beds. Is it very cold where you are? That slows the process down unless you have a mass (a pile) and then it really steams inside. All sorts of places compost but I am sure it isnt for everyone if they cant figure it out or live in certain situations or places.
Dear god this man is a genius ..I'm not going to lie I thought this was a joke video and kind of expected him to light his entire yard on fire or something
Appreciate the comment, but genius? I would say just more someone who likes to think about how to do things. But I HAVE seen quite a few videos as you describe - some of the absolutely hilarious. Sorry I don't have a link, but one video showed a guy who actually poured gasoline on his leaves and lit them. Yipes!
Not raking leaves... means U keep mty cans of Beer around & cars w/o Plates I am not rich...but no one in my area does what U do...….& we have the best lawns , our houses maintain their prices good & people always doing xtensions…., remodeling...& the best....we all get alone ! . . . we live in a Flood Area...….I mean Flood. Ask me how many people moved out after Sandy !!!!
Thanks, Mike. It started out simply as a sharing, "Hey maybe you can use this" video, but with the jaw-dropping number of views (more than 2.6M as of now), I've started doing tons more tutorials. Hey, as an official geezer now, I've sure made my share of mistakes, and hopefully learned from some of them. If I can help others avoid making those mistakes, I'll be happy.
@Carey Reynolds For the first time in nearly a year, I missed posting a video for a whole month. (Many reasons.) But I have another just about ready that I hope to put up in the next 2 or 3 days! Stay tuned...
@@cyclonic7134 Big Grin! Thanks for that. Yep, we geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. Lead a horse to water...
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DAVE! I knew you were the man when you said you had a workshop. I'm in my 30s, and I'm watching these new generations, including part of my own that just have no common sense. Thank you for these videos! I am a new homeowner and I like to do things myself if I can.
It's a pleasure to help, and I'm glad you're getting some DIY satisfaction from these videos! Sadly, every generation throughout history has had more than its share of laggards and slugs. It's nice to hear from someone who is a DOER. Take care.
Another great video demonstrating a great way to pick up leaves and make the most out of condensing them. Didn't even listen, but I could tell what to do, because this guy knows how to make great videos.
Thanks for that. Yep, we geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. The way of the world.
Oh my here it's November 2019 and this video shows up on my recommend list. I admit it I watched it and enjoyed watching it. Still don't know how I ended up here, I was watching the news and ended up here. Well, to everyone Greetings from Everett Washington USA
Thanks for sharing that, Jose, and greetings from near the opposite corner of the country. It really surprises me sometimes how I wind up watching the things I watch, but you never know what you'll find.
I go over my leaves with the lawn mower, mulching them back into the lawn and also into my vegetable garden. This has improved the lawn greatly over time.
Thanks for the comment, otiv. I do mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 (for backyard composting) or amzn.to/2DNdPgT (for curbsite pickup). I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, *_and they are all quite a bit more work than this._* I am now hoping to work around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. (If those two concepts are new to you, they are definitely worth checking out for any serious composter.)
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 (for backyard composting) or amzn.to/2DNdPgT (for curbsite pickup). I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now working around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture.
No more nemesis, meet your new bestie creating the good stuff, you da man! Sit back, plan you garden while the worms do all the work for coming Spring. Miraculously, magical real life goodness, & we know WHO to thank, The One Upstairs, ain't it the truth!
Only thing I can see a need to tweak is your leaf compactor. If you bolt on a 2-3 foot vertical pole handle instead of the two flush handles, you’ll save your back all of that bending into the trash bin too. Good video, good tips!
Thanks for this, David. I thought about attaching a pusher-pole to the leaf-masher disk, but couldn't wrap my mind around the best way to attach the pole to the disk, so I went with the cabinet handles and justified the bending over by calling it more exercise.
@@DavidsTutorials I'm thinking you could use a pipe floor flange, and bolt it to your leaf compactor. Screw in a length of pipe and you're good to go. This link shows a pipe floor flange, in case you don't know what that is (I had to look it up, because I could only think of "pipe screw in" 😄): www.supplyhouse.com/Bluefin-BLFF050-1-2-Black-Floor-Flange?gclid=Cj0KCQiAw5_fBRCSARIsAGodhk_tqV25u4Erx3b7_qG3Wan0qoIKA1dzIlFixMWOuYCN3JYsyx9BheYaAsJ9EALw_wcB
It’s sort of speaks to the lack of know-how and common sense in people today that this fellow felt as though he had to explain how to rake leaves. And I’m sure he’s right. Some people probably have no clue. Thank you to this man for doing a public service.
If you will first actually WATCH the video (I don't think you did), and second read some of the >16,000 comments on it, particularly the one pinned at the top, you'll see how some folks appreciate what I've shared in this video. It's great that YT allows people of all preferences to post and watch videos. Hopefully, we can all find things that suit us well.
Hi Dave, started on the leaves today, i couldn't believe how easy it was. cleared the front lawn and filled 6 bags....so so easy.....starting on the back lawn tomorrow....a whole lot bigger!!! at least i won't have nightmares thinking about doing it. thanks again
@@DavidsTutorials I'll try making a packing plate, as that seems to be more effective than my usual stomping on the contents with just my boot. I like to pack each bag to the maximum capacity so I'd probably still stomp on the disk with my foot to achieve maximum density.
@@hwingerrr5680 My experience tells me you should probably be careful with that - of course, depending on the heaviness of your leaves. The first reason is that very dense leaves can get extremely heavy. I have no problem lifting and transporting a bag full of my kind of leaves done the way I demonstrate. However, when I use a leaf blower on the vacuum/mulcher setting , the bag is too heavy for me to lift more than just a bit, or to transport any distance at all without assistance, like a wagon. The second reason is a caution about bag tearing. If you have cheap bags, they can tear easily. Less-cheap bags still tear, but not as easily. They will tear either through too much weight, or from twigs poking through them, which can be aggravated by over-stomping. I've done both.
I saw the title of the video and thought, "Really! How to rake leaves?" I was wrong. I will never rake leaves again without using David's tips. Great video. Thanks.
Thanks for your kind words. I'm tempted to pin your comment to the top of the list so everyone else can see it, too! Take care.
Sir, when I rake leaves I create a pile and then close by another pile and so forth. I don't like moving leaves halfway across the yard, but rather do piles about every ten or fifteen feet from each other. It seems more efficient than raking up one big pile and having to move leaves so far. I'm not sure I explained it well, but either way, I enjoyed your video.
I mulch them all up with the mower! Does it everytime til spring. Cindy
Why using plastic bag? Yard clipping can be packed in paper bags only in our city.
This gentleman represents an entire generation of people who knew how to work more efficiently! Sir, I applaud you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks so much, Lisa. I choose the exercise and fresh air over creating noise and pollution. Take care.
Too much time analyzing.... Buy a blower!😄😄
I have to disregard. To me it is more efficient to use your riding lawn mower with a mulch blade and a piece of 1/2" bye 1/2 metal fabric over the shoot. Which prevents large leaves from being blown out before being mulched!
The suggestion to buy a blower misses the entire point: some of us want the materials gone, not just blown into someone else's yard. We compost so getting rid of free matter isn't our thing.
@@lisabigon1426 But you can blow leaves into a pile in your yard. We would never make them go to the neighbor's yard.
Thank you so much for this! As someone who is a first time homeowner this year and without a Dad, I can’t thank you enough!! ❤
Thanks for the comment, Laura. I'm so sorry you're without a Dad, but maybe some of us helpers here on YT can fill a bit of the gap. It humbles me that there are so many people viewing my vids that are in your situation, and some even "adopt" me as their "online Dad." I want to reach out to each person and do what I can. Good luck with your first home - I think you're headed in the right direction to be learning to do stuff yourself, because when there's something to be done, especially with home maintenance but also with just about anything, you have three choices: do it yourself, hire (or cajole) someone to do it, or leave it undone. I've been on a strict budget before and that's why I learned a lot about doing it myself. And that's some of what I share here. Take care, and good luck.
My Dear Laura please watch my way of doing this job . I am sure you will love it . Thanks .
First time home owner here too. This is very helpful. In my county we need to bag the leaves in a paper bag - strictly no plastic bags. Any different tips for that?
@@ajaysridharanfor all my garbage, I use heavy duty contractor bags. Then after I bag the leaves in the paper bags, I simply put the paper bag in the contractor bag.
I saw the 5.3M views and I thought, what does this guy have to say to teach us ? Well, I was wrong. He has ideas that I have never seen of or heard of before. He is down to earth and I appreciate his efforts and video. Thank you, David !!!
or 5.3M bored people?
@369dusty - thanks so much for your kind words. I appreciate your comment. Take care.
@@skimanfree1073With all respect you are wrong. There are not bored people but those who have never stopped to learn and have great appreciation for the people like David!
Me too...🙂
You helped a lot of people who grew up without dads. This is so help full.
Thanks for that, J Chavez. It never occurred to me when I made these videos that they could reach so many people in this way. Guess I'll keep making more.
I had a dad but he just yell at me 😂
I was thinking the exact same thing
I have a father, just that we never had problems with leaves when I was growing up because we never lived anywhere that had copious amounts of trees near the yard
And here I am living in a house with 8 + palms
That's what I thought hahaha.
Thank you so much for this; you are truly a gem on the internet! I found myself suddenly single and suddenly responsible for all kinds of house and yard work that I am struggling to complete. I thought that there must be a better way to deal with all of these leaves, as I was just raking them and then scopping them into bags with my hands. Some people may think, "This stuff is just common sense!" But to some of us, it's just something we've never dealt with and have no idea where to start. So again, thank you for this--so much!
I have liked and subscribed as well. I am going to finish this job and then take a look at your other videos to see if you have made videos for some of my other problems!
Thanks so much for sharing all this, Emily. My heart goes out to you for being suddenly single - that's got to be something of a jolt for you. I'm happy I was able to help make your unaccustomed chores a bit easier. There have been several videos I have put up about which I thought, "Oh, everyone already knows that!" but was surprised at how many people said they were glad to learn it. Take care, and my best to you.
I live in an apartment. Why am I watching this? The man has passion, I'll give him that.
Christopher Cheek lol same bro 😂
Using a leaf blower
You’ll have a nice house someday bro
With no leaves thanks to this guy!
Christopher Cheek So do I. They burn leaves here. I say compost it.
I spent last weekend raking leaves and searched for videos today because I thought, “There must be an easier way.” Then I found you! I love your masher - it’s ingenious and why did I never think to designate a large garbage pail to hold the bags? Thank you so much for taking the time to make this and teach us.
Thanks so much for your comments, Chandra. Happy to help! Take care.
grew up without a father figure so this was invaluable, thank you for taking the time to make it. also, looking at your channel, you deserve way more followers for the quality of content you publish.
Thanks, Doug. I'm so glad I could help, however little it has been. And needless to say, I totally agree about MORE FOLLOWERS! 😂 But hey, I can just make vids that inspire me, vids I think might help others.
The Lord provides❗🙏
I don't get how this has anything to do with a father figure. As if women couldn't figure how to put leaves in a bag ?
@@mizzury54 well in your context, i don't see how this has anything to do with women. my point was that i never had anyone to teach me how to do outdoor things, which (i assume) is something a father would teach his son.
@@mizzury54 Men & Women know how to put leaves into a bag: however, this, by far, is the most "efficient" method I have ever seen & without costly gadgets. Well done sir!.
I know I'm getting older because I watched this entire video and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well, I'm glad of that.
I know I'm getting older, 'cause watching this made me exhausted!!! :D
Im watching the video and i felt i was the one i got exhausted.
Dude same.
This is great! I sent the link to my kids. THANKS!!!
Hey David ... I just love a guy that thinks about how to move a wall rather than just beating his head against it. I have done it almost identically for years. When I watched this I had one big grin on my face.
The difference between your method and mine is that you took the time to demonstrate and share it which is commendable.
My hat's off to you, all my best ... Dave
Thanks for that, Dave! Your comment gave me a smile as well.
I don't even have to rake leaves anymore, but I really enjoyed this video. It was surprisingly satisfying to watch ♥
Just bought a house with a huge lawn after living in apartments all my life. Leaves everywhere. Man, I SO appreciate you.
I know it's hard to believe, but some people actually enjoy doing this.
I can see how it could get a little Zen like. I bought a second rake yesterday.
mulch the leaves every week with a lawn mower until they stop falling off the trees. it is a lot easier than raking and bagging. if you have a riding mower it is much much easier.
Well i just bought a house and the backyard is murder. Is there an easy way to do this
@@warrenpeas AMEN. I bought a riding mower in 2016 at the age of 65 and I wish I had done so long before. Riding mowers do require more care but they are worth it.
Not only are his tips useful but his video is concisely produced too; no useless footage/talk.
Thank you, petrichor. I'm pleased you noticed this - not many do.
OLD MEN RULE...!!!!@@DavidsTutorials
Agreed, concise and has only what you need, no fluff. Good tips! I think I will stick with my method though for now, but I may mix things up in the future.
Or overly loud, unnecessary, annoying music! Thank you, sir.
This is great! I'm 72 and never learned how to properly put a trash bag in a can. Never too old to learn, I guess.
Thanks! You know, I get so frustrated when hotels and public trash receptacles have a bag in them that traps so much air there's no room for the trash. Either they don't KNOW how to put them in properly, or they know and don't care.
I just poke two holes at the top of the plastic bag before putting it in the barrel,works just fine.
I know a 78 year old lady who doesn't drive and has never had a driver's license. You're never too old for anything.... But there's great pride in a willingness to learn. Good on you!
I so wish I had seen this 40 years ago. Fantastic!
Thanks, DahHar117 - I'm embarrassed to admit how many years I did it the "normal" way before thinking, "There's GOT to be a better way" and figuring this out. Take care.
I was all geared up to leave a comment about how does a video about leaves get over 2 million views and then at 4:56 I realized that this guys was on a whole other level of raking lol. Now I understand.. lol.
No one is more surprised than I am at - now 2.4 M views.
@DavidsTutorials now at 5.4M. Great tutorial!
I have no idea how I got here but this dude is AWESOME!
Appreciate the comment Jose!
Jose Negrete:i dropped u off from our lil motel
Lol jj Jose
LOL My Thought exactly!!!
I was watching nail tutorials and now I’m here
Ditto!!! I live in So Cal. We have no leaves here, But I am Mesmerized by his skills!!! He’s a Genius!!! 😃😃😃
I’m being sincere, not sarcastic. I subscribed!!! 😃
Just dropped onto this by accident, don't tell anyone - I had to watch it to the end. It's bloody good.
Ha ha ha! 😄 Thanks, Albert!
Me too.
Keep your Antipodean swearing to yourself bud. :)
Great video! I learned the two rakes under the arms thing from my dad. After that I always assumed it to be obvious. It's surprising how many people don't know how to use these hand tools. My dad worked on a golf course and he was a true master of hand tools. I never appreciated this until I got older. I've show up on projects and seen people work, then thought to myself "no one really know how to use these hand tools...I guess dad really knew his stuff!"
I'm glad you can appreciate your Dad's experience and wisdom. Maybe you can pass some of your own wisdom on to others?
I guess RUclips knows my lawn looks like crap and put this in my recommended videos. I won't fail you, David.
Grin! It's far too easy to let our lawns get away from us.
you have your entire neighborhood (and most of the youtube community) counting on you. Good luck, Sir.
David, that was the most entertaining leaf raking and bagging I've seen in my life. I don't think I'll need to watch another one in my life. How I ended up here, I don't know. Life is a mystery.
I was taking a break from raking leaves. Guess I need two rakes and get my husband make that leaf squasher thing 😂
Hope it helps you!
Thanks, James! And I agree, sometimes I wonder how I wind up watching the things I do.
Beauty and curse of youtube.
@@Kt-cn2rq Your husband- you can do it yourself. Ya don't need him. Have fun and try it out....👍
I can watch this man all day long. WHY???
Thanks, Mister, for throwing yourself out there. I'm going to teach this to my mother who love sweeping the leaves in our property.
God bless you, brother.
Thanks for sharing that, Javier. I hope it serves well for you both.
Yesterday was the first time I really got out there and raked leaves, I was motivated and ready after watching this video. I did not have 2 rakes, used a broom and a rake and let's just say I had those leaves up and put in bags so fast, tecnique was very convenient ! Thank you sooooo much, love watching videos that actually give tips that work❤️
Thanks for that, Create In Me. Take care.
This is my kind of guy. So serious about the war on leaves that he's got three rakes, builds tools to optimize bag space, and customizes his trash cans.
Grin! But make that four rakes. Two old ones - the metal ones are at least 30 years old. Thanks for the comment.
I really liked his LEAF DEFLATOR.
@@DavidsTutorials hey sir...which rack to buy? They have 2 kind at the store: one metal and shorter, one longer made of plastik
Listen that's how empires are built!
@@vickiburt2676 Done some of the leafes tday: only with a broom and a bag..
Saved 30$...
Wait a minute. Something's missing. Oh, wait, I know! This is a clear, concise video with useful information. Where's all the loud, screaming, unrelated "music" drowning out that useful information?? IT'S NOT THERE!! Well done, man. The concentration gods are smiling on you! Love it.
Ha ha ha! You are absolutely right! I've put some music in some of my other videos, but I try very hard not to let it get in the way. I don't much like it, but it does make good filler at times. And me a professional musician. Go figure.
But he didn’t tell us to “like, comment, and subscribe”. And what is our promo code so we can save 20%.
What’s this video without the annoying computer voice?
@k asdfg You have a low standard for YT video. At least 1/3 of it needs to be hand-held sefie as if we all want to see the YTer's shaky mug filling up our display while yammering on about not what we were drawn to in the first place.
; )
(I swear, there must be a lot of YTers out there who just want to be able to see themselves talking)
Probably why I watch the whole thing instead of just 3 seconds.😄
I was about 5 minutes in before I was like I dont even have trees that drop leaves and have no need to rake or bag them, but I watched because if you can make a 9 minute video about it at least I could watch it. Great video!
Thanks, Bryan! I know what you mean - I sometimes wonder how I wind up watching some of the things I do.
@@DavidsTutorials - because I used to do this back when a family could afford land.
Out of everything I looked up this was by far the most useful and efficient way to bag leaves. I started by hand and the time it took to bag 5 bags was what it took to do the remaining 20 with this method. Thanks now I’m all set up for years to come!
That's excellent, Danny! Thanks for sharing, and take care.
I spent my childhood autumns being picked up by my dad and put inside the can to jump up and down on the leaves to pack them in! I love your invention! The world needs more videos like this. Thank you!
Thanks for this, Michelle. Please if you haven't done so, check out the video, "The Giggling Leafstomper" - it's exactly what you describe!!
I do this with my son, he loves it
@@eddybernardo6317 Excellent!
Seriously, I have been drilling holes in everything since watching this! It is the secret to life! Thank you sir!
Thanks, Johnny - you made me laugh, imagining what else you could be drilling holes in!!
Gotta let the air out!
That's gotta HURT!!
Lucky wife!
Oh my God, you have me laughing so hard🤣😂😂🤣
Retirees are a powerful force in process improvement.
So true, Beta. We geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. At least now with RUclips, there's the chance to share some of our ideas with others.
David, I used portions of your instruction yesterday on my maple (didn’t have all materials on hand) and took a traditional 10 bag job down to 2! Thank you!!
Anonymous, dude, you’ll be able to completely goof off in retirement!
@@DavidsTutorials All part of the "Been There - Done That" - You're Never Too Old to LEARN! generation.
RESULTS ARE what matters most! - Howard in PA
Excellent! Thanks for sharing!
Clever technique and fun to watch. A yard that size, though, I think I'd let nature take its course with the leaves.
Tried that once. It nearly killed my lawn. Took it 3 years to recover.
My dad passed away before I bought my first house so I never learned anything about home maintenance. Thanks for taking the time to make this video, it's so helpful!
Aww, so sorry to hear about your Dad, Jennifer. I'm glad to be able to share at least a few things with the wider RUclips audience.
When I was a young boy a big part of growing up was doing "chores" long before I ever bought my own house. Teach your children when they are young, they will learn how to do productive things and develop a concept that is long gone from many households, it's called "work ethic". No lecture here just friendly advice.
@@50gary Are you giving me friendly advice? Or just the general public?
Many years ago when I was just married, I knew someone like this fellow. Mr. Stanley was a great neighbor and gave me a lot of house/yard maintenance tips. Love common sense, low tech videos like this. Don't ever assume all people have this (common sense). Thanks Mr. David.
You're quite welcome, John P. And of course, there's no way I know all those tips. You should make some videos yourself to share the ones you've learned. Or at least go to www.DavidsTutorials.com and tell me so I can make a video about them.
David, I hope this short missive finds you hale and hearty. I just came across your solution to the leaves and air problem. Skeptical at first but finally decided to give your method a try. Very happy that I did. We have a young red maple tree in our yard and I think it was trying for a world record number of leaves this year. Red leaves every where! Not any more. My wife and daughter were raking while I was loading them in a 55 gallon steel drum with vent holes. The "press" board worked wonders. We now have 40+ bags of leaves sitting by the road, awaiting pick up.. Thank you for the video. I subscribed and expect to learn a lot more from you. Jim Elkins aka GPJ.....
Thanks for that, Jim! (GPJ? Grand Pa Jim?) Ah, I remember red maples from when I lived in Maine. Gorgeous, especially interspersed with birch, aspen and pine. I'm so glad you got some good info from the video.
If you know of any gardeners they would probably love to have those 40 bags of leaves.
I grew up at a house with few leaves so my Dad didn’t have the opportunity to teach me these leaves skills. I appreciate this video!!!
Happy to help, cycleash. Take care.
I watched this a couple years ago but came back because i enjoyed it so much.
Thanks for sharing that, Billy Jack. I appreciate it.
Legend has it that he’s still out there raking leaves
...Grin! ... Lost somewhere in the northwest corner ...
@@DavidsTutorials can we use a lawnmower?
@@ludwigvanbeethoven8870 No! David is a bit touchy about air and noise pollution! Can you believe that?
@@kitemanmusic oh ok.
Ken Walker “air is your enemy you gotta let it out” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😳🤢😄
Im not sure how I ended up watching this video. I don't even have a yard and leaves to rake but I'll keep these tips for they might be useful one day. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching.
Now you know how to use chopsticks.
@@DavidsTutorials Same here. Enjoyed the video.
That's A Game Changer, two rakes good job POP!!!!!!!!!
Happy to help. Take care.
Holy cow...well there’s a man who thought this out. Absolutely amazing!
Sometimes I feel so "DUH!" that it took me so long to come up with this.
If my dad catches me watching a video on “how to rake leaves,” I’m toast!
Guess he would make you go out and do some actual raking, eh? Grin!
😜
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
Future yard business owner ;)
haha
I live on a boat in the middle of the ocean and still watched the whole vid
Thanks, Rusty - I also get surprised at some of the things I wind up watching. Crazy, eh?
You will need this video to clean the rubbish in the water
Fish aren't biting hey???
I have rented a place where the neighbors tree has literally grown across my entire front yard in the 5 years ive been here and i used to do all that raking and bagging but ive gone to taking a Tarp and tacked it down to the ground in one less useful area of my yard. I then rake the leaves onto the tacked down tarp then i place another tarp on top and tack it down (huge pile makes it look like the grounds about to birth) Then i let it sit all winter. By summer i use the mix that's broken down in my garden beds along with fertilizer. This way i don't have to pay to remove them and they repurpose back into the earth and its bounty it gives us. Just a lot less steps in the fall and perfect for composting. Im disabled, i have to conserve energy and think how best to help the earth and get the job done without too much footprint. I've used the same tarps for the past 4yrs.
Great idea!!
Sounds like you've come up with an excellent solution, especially a good one that fits your needs. Take care.
i freaking love how this video is literally all about raking and bagging of leaves and it has over 3M views
No one is more surprised than I am. Now I just have to figure out how to get some of my other 84 videos to catch on like this!
Simple, it is eye opening, and many folks hate cleaning up leaves and look for something better. Changed how I'll cleanup leaves the rest of my life, no longer sucks!
Its so simple yet so hard to master.
@@DavidsTutorials hey, you talking bout me...just moved from apartment to a house with back yard...was thinking to burn them leaves in a fire...
And makes money at it!
A 5 gallon bucket also works well to compact the leaves. That's what I've used when filling the paper bags (many towns don't accept plastic bagged leaves). With a bucket, you don't have to bend down as far too.
Great idea with the 5-gallon bucket. Also, several people have commented they cut their leaf-masher disk to fit the shape of the paper bags, and it worked great. Take care.
pb.....I carry a lot of leaves to the landfill in plastic bags. I dump the leaves and bring back the bags.
And if you fill the bucket 1/2 to 2/3 with water, you don't even have to push down. It's a hydraulic leaf compressor!
He’s like a good journeyman teaching his apprentice how to work smart. 👍
Thanks for that. I just enjoy sharing what I've learned. Guess you can tell.
I'm about to cry. He reminds me of my dad. That generation was the most inventive ingenious generation ever. They devise all kinds of inventions to solve any problem. My dad could make anything with pvc pipe, bungee cords, duct tape and Velcro. The kids nowadays don't know how to do squat.
Sounds like your dad and I could have been good friends.
@@DavidsTutorials Yes I agree. Great minds think alike!
Spot on Ann. These Millennials rely too much on devices, which is affecting their ability to create. But they still think they know it all...
They're sure are great with computers and smart phones though....LOL!!!
They can't change a light bulb today unless they call Amazon or Twitter.
Your dad's generation didn't have internet, smart phones, laptop computers, gaming consoles, 50 inch flat TV's, cars with driver assist gadgets, 200 TV channels...
This is wonderful, it's like visiting Dad you first autumn after you buy your first house. I did watch this before. I just put the leaves in a can and then dump the leaves in my compost. No plastic bag. Instead of a disk, you can use the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket to smoosh the leaves down The genius part of this that I used as a takeaway was using two rakes to clamp the leaves. I have been doing that and it really spares my back.
Good thoughts, KittyH. Glad at least some of it could help. Thanks for the comments.
All very good points IF plastic bags are used and I love your ingenuity. It doesn't make sense to bag compostable material into plastic. Many communities don't even allow this practice... as it should be. I tend to mulch mow as much as I can and also rake onto tarps to deposit into areas of my yard/garden where they can become super fertilizer. Also deposit shredded (mulch mowed/bagged) leaves onto areas under trees and garden beds with perennial plants and shrubs. This stuff is pure gold; would never throw it away.
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now working around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. Maybe I can put out a video on this in a year or so, showing results.
Sounds good. I'm interested to know what is done with the bagged leaves.
This comment should have the most likes because it makes the most sense!!
And for the rest of us that have jobs and lead a busy normal life...the plastic bag is the way to go.
You can purchase (in the UK at least) compostable bin bags.
Just grew up in apartments...got an acre with a pool now And its all new to me!!!! Thank you!!! Threw my back out first time raking, didnt know thay leaves could be soo dangerous. I thought im way too young to cant rake leaves grrrr you r my hero
Thanks, A M House. I've been raking leaves more years than I care to remember, and it chagrins me to think of how long it took me to come up with an easier way. I'm glad this helped you.
This man is a national treasure , not sure if he is a comedy genius or he means it , either way great job
Thanks, Bait sock! It was a bit of a challenge keeping a straight face during portions of this video. I've learned from years in front of a classroom how engaging it is to embed points with double meanings, one of which can be taken humorously. Not always easy to do, but fun for everyone when you can.
If he were my neighbor, I'd take them all, mulch them with my mower then put them as top dressing in my vegetable garden. That stuff is gold!
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 (for backyard composting) or amzn.to/2DNdPgT (for curbsite pickup). I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now hoping to work around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. (If those two concepts are new to you, they are definitely worth checking out for any serious composter.)
@@DavidsTutorials You've easily more leaves than me Dave. I can mulch 3' of leaves to almost nothing... then switch to bag mode. Pour then into all my gardens and they shrink down to 4:1 by summer. Good luck on the next experiment!
@@DavidsTutorials I have a wooden indoor vermiculture colony going. Not large scale by any means but great for the potted plants and tiny garden in my yard. The worm poop is gold.
RUclips algorithm decided to recommend this video to me and I never knew this would be a video I needed to see. I legitimately learned something that I didn't think I needed to know and I am absolutely grateful for it. Thank you for this, David! I am subscribed and looking forward to your future videos!
Thanks so much for the subscription - I'm just trying to pass on things I've learned, hoping it will help others in some way.
In our area, we are not allowed to use plastic trash bags for yard waste. Yard waste, including fallen leaves, can only be contained in recyclable paper yard waste bags, for curbside pickup.
Ditto here where I live too. Therefore any hack using plastic bags is not going work at all. Useless.
The simple solution is to cut your leaf masher to fit the paper bag. Works a treat.
Well, I'm back. I made one of these for my daughter and it worked so well, I'm going to make one for myself. We moved and have two trees in our front yard that produce a ton of leaves. This is one hack well worth the little bit of time and effort and makes life so much easier! Thank you sir1
Thanks for that update, Mister Goat! It's great to hear people are still getting good information here. Take care, and good luck.
Always trust a guy that carrys three pens daily
+chris Jay LOL Good one, I love it! My wife keeps buying me shirts on sale without pockets, how I miss those pockets !!!!!
my dad did the same thing. i think they learned in military stuff? i couldn't of been the one room school house.
chris Jay lol
Dennis Dirmeyer its for marking errors, if he has a sharpy then you know he cannot tell a lie
😂😂😂
"Air is your enemy, you gotta let it out.", I've been telling my wife this for years, but she won't hear me out.
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Hahahahaha
OMG, HILARIOUS 😄😄😄
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Lmao
Thank you for this! I was never taught how to rake leaves. I was trying to do it by myself without knowing anything today and wasn’t doing a very good job lol. Thank you for the tips ❤
Happy to help, Brittany! Thanks for watching and take care.
The most well put, straight to the point tutorial ever made. And remember *AIR IS THE ENEMY*
Thanks for that, Kevin. I truly appreciate it.
@Kevin Cassidy I agree
I’m going outside to shake my trees so I can try this!
Ha ha ha! I think I might prefer to wait for them to come down on their own. My problem is there are so many, they come down for 6 months a year.
Haaaaaa, you are a funny person!!
You,re not to bright are you? I,m ,I right!
I don't know about everyone else but my favorite part was when he broke the sticks up in small pieces so they don't poke holes in the bag. But seriously, It was a great video David. Loved your clever & inventive tips. Now I just need to get my lazy butt up and go rake my leaves. Ugh.
Thanks, Chris, and I hope this will make it easier. And yep - the reason I started breaking up the sticks was they DID poke holes in the past, and then would sometimes gouge my legs as I carried/dragged the bags. An ounce of prevention...
Very good advice and great tips! I can attest that these work because it's what I do. Two additional things I do, which help me, are (1.) I use a battery powered leaf blower (an EGO) to blow the leaves into piles, which saves my back on so much raking. I still have to do some raking, but only to regroup the leaves as I take them out of the piles. (2.) We have a leaf grinder which sets above the trash receptical (lawn bags or a trash can with a bag inside it. We drop the leaves in the grinder (which uses trimmer line) and it grinds them up so we have less bags for the landfill. It can be hard to find a good one that will last, but it does help, if you are so inclined.
Great inputs, Gary! Thanks for sharing.
Me and my friend have been raking for the past few days over the break to make some money, we just did one guys house and didn’t finish because his yard was SO BIG (of course we didn’t check how big it was, dumb move on us) so we’re finishing it tomorrow (Saturday) but he’s right guys it’s not easy at all, you can’t bag a bag without the other person. This is very helpful! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing that, TaPs Spoon.
I saw the thumbnail and I instantly knew from his aura: “this man knows how to rake leaves”
Thanks for that. Yep, we geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. The way of the world.
DON'T RAKE LEAVES - sweep them up FAST. Get/grab an antique "lawn sweeper" dirt cheap. - Howard in PA
I've never had a problem getting a bag into a trash can, but I've had a lot of problems getting them out. Holes in the can would solve that. Your mashing disk is a small stroke of genius.
never pull straight up on the bag. all you have to do is close the top of the bag then just lay the can on its side. the bulk of the weight will shift to the lowest level and you can easily slide the bag out sideways.
scott worthington, ive used a second trash can of the same size, to compact the leaves in the first trash can,, also works well.
Thanks, Scott! Einstein said genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration; I think that should be modified to add "... or by making a whole bunch of mistakes, then figuring out how not to make them next time."
Thanks for the wonderful video. Please make part 2 on using brown bags instead of the plastic bags. Some garbage companies don't allow plastic bags.
Thanks for the suggestion - and I definitely considered that - but the only difference would be to cut the masher to the shape of the bag, which seems too simple for a whole video. Hm?
Nevermind - thanks
So right David I now will rake up my yard today with two rakes, great I’m 72 and keep moving that’s what is keeping me going is moving😊
Thanks, Nancy! I agree 100%
This is straight to the point, ''SENIOR POWER.'' Hats off, thumbs up !! You earned a cooled beer.
Thanks! Will you join me?
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Am I invited too ? I'll be thirsty when I'm through raking. Lol 🍺 🍺 🍺 🍻
This is exactly why RUclips is so great. Thanks for sharing. 👍🇦🇺
RUclips: because leaves. ?
Because you couldn't have figured out to rake your own leaves to save the money and how to put a plastic bag in a trash can and how to dispose of leaves in almost the worst possible way? Thank god for you tube.
Ignore the snarks. Thanks for your comment.
Thanks David for sharing and teaching. This is one of the timeless clips!
For those who want to add more to the bag, don'😅t tie it yet. Take it out and free standing on the ground with the bag wide open, there are still room to fill another 50% more! In this late stage, i can close (but not tie) the bag and throw my body weight on it to compress it further, to allow more leave to be put in.
Thanks, kongr, but when you do that, be sure you don't make the bag too heavy to move, or rip open.
@@DavidsTutorials They are all valid to look out for, especially for some low quality bag. I usually fill up 70% with just-dry-leave before putting in other heavier lawn and garden debris such as bigger branches.
@@DavidsTutorials BTW, question for u. After depressing the leave level, the level with bounce back some. Do u have any trick to minimize the bounce back?
This man has this down to a Science! Impressive!
Thanks, #! Even shorter comments like this make a difference to a RUclips channel, and besides that, I appreciate your feedback.
Smart guy.
Tried mulching leaves several different ways and found that placing the loaded bags in a remote corner of the yard for a year seems to work best. Usually got some twenty bags of black compost without turning for the price of some bags and a little of my time. The compactor tool for the can is a great idea.
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Dump the leaves on weeds to kill them and feed the soil.
Thanks for sharing!
I feel like these kinds of life lesson don't exist much theses days.
I've always had property to compost my leaves but this would definitely be helpful if I had to bag them. Well done sir.
Thanks, Jae!
I think I'm falling in love. Gotta love a man who works smarter not harder & gets the job done!
Grin! Thanks so much for your kind words. Take care.
Totally feeling the power of You Tube right now.
I used to teach - largest class was 220 students. As of today, this video has reached more than 3.5 million people. As you say, the power of YT.
I couldn't stop watching cause I was intrigued to see what happens next. I have no clue how I stumbled on this DIY video, lol
Thanks, #! Even shorter comments like this make a difference to a RUclips channel, and besides that, I appreciate your feedback.
This guy is great I like his style. I always have two rakes when picking up trash weather it's leaves or bush trimmings etc. Always one rake as it came from the manufacturer and one with every other tine removed which is my gravel rake. By removing every other tine you've created a rake made for working in gravel because it will still grab most all the trash while leaving behind most all the gravel. Your customers paid for that gravel so make a gravel rake the easy way and buy the $10 rake from HD with the black plastic head bc it's very easy to remove every other tine. A few other changes I'd recommend: don't use trash bags. They just add to the landfill, add to your expenses and as this gentleman so eloquently points out they are a pita to work with. The other recommendation is go with the 45 gallon+ large mouth cans with the rectangular openings. Much bigger opening than the round smaller cans and they usually come with wheels which saves tons of energy on big jobs or long days. Finally I like the circle technique for taking the trash but only if it starts @ the edges of the work area and brings everything to the center. Never start in the middle of your work area always start @ the farthest edge otherwise you will clean the same area more than once. For an area this large the circle technique is not an option instead start on one edge of the yard and begin raking a comfortable distance of reach but all the way across the yard. Then do the same thing all the way back until you have one long pile that you will PU as you go. This is the most efficient method of trash management because the trash all goes in the same direction and you never rake the same area twice. In review always buy the rectangular wide mouth cans with wheels, never use bags (unless for some reason you have too, then use his technique), always use two rakes for PU and deposit into the cans and the trash should all move in the same direction unless you are using the circular technique on a smaller area. And if you have gravel make you a gravel rake it'll save you from throwing away perfectly good gravel.
That's some great information, John! I have pine bark in one of my flower beds, and have been considering replacing it with lava rock or other gravel -- the only thing keeping me from doing that is the kabillion tons of leaves I get every year, and not being able to figure out how to remove the leaves without also removing the gravel. Yeah, I could use a blower, but meh. Maybe you should make a video about your gravel rake! Or shoot video of you making and using one, send it to me, and I'll put it up as a tutorial here. I currently have just over 3,600 subscribers, so maybe it would reach a wider audience? Thanks for your comments!
@@DavidsTutorials I'm glad you got a chance to read my comments and even more glad you appreciate the content! I felt compelled to comment bc in the Phoenix area in the summer I like to spend as little time as possible on my yard/tree jobs. Keep up the great work David maybe someday I'll shoot you a short clip of my gravel rake in action. Good Bless
The long handles r unwieldly tho.
@@MeTreesndirt in tight spots like in the corner of the yard with a tree up against you definitely otherwise it's the best way to manage trash on the ground
I do like his style. He's a practical person. I bet he tinkers all day long.
Dude just totally convinced me to live in an apartment.
I sure understand why lawns with trees aren't for some people.
Haha...I have 15 acres. My mower has one of those removable bag catcher things on it. I was emptying it every 5 minutes. I’ll just mow one last time so the leaves are shredded and let it compost. Hopefully next year I’ll be in a condo....😬
@@DavidsTutorials David what you have there...is not a lawn its dirt....lol
@@marianneodell7637 same. THAT is truly the best way. Run it over with the mower at least 3 times and forget about it.
now what'll I do with the 2 rakes I bought, holes in my garbage can & the 2 handles I was gonna make into a leaf deflator?
Sir, this is the definition of wisdom. Now, if these kids would just listen.
Thanks, Jay. As for listening, some will, some won't. The way of the world.
Wisdom? Raking? Nah, I’ll just mow/mulch them.
Nope. They will do against anything u want to teach them...maybe a robot mashine to do it for them.
@@lesterreed7199 thats a long time away 😂 The world is getting lazier by the nanosecond.
And for those who are going on about pens in his pocket, they may be the people that say, “Do you have a pen on you? or “Let me borrow your pen just a quick minute” then absentmindedly walk off with someone’s pen.
We all watched because of old man smarts. He is as American as apple pie.
Thanks for that. Yep, we oldsters have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. The way of the world.
Sorry Apple pie its not american .... It was a common food in many Europeans countries well before Columbus adventure to america :-). But we get what you mean .
Apple pie is German
@@ildepizarro89 it's an expression
I came back to say thank you for this, I've been using the two rake method for lifting the piles and it works a treat. I had no-one to show me, you basically stepped in as my online dad. Thanks!
Thanks so much, MrChrisRoden. I'm happy to be able to share "things I've learned" and "things I've figured out" here on YT with so many others. I know everything won't apply to everyone, but hopefully, all I post here will help SOMEONE, and I'm glad this helped you. Take care.
dont throw leaves away in a plastic bag only to fill up the landfield with what is rich compost material. Put in a compost pile using a wheel barrell. It breaks down into rich soil by throwing table scraps. Or if you have to throw away use paper yard waste bags. if you just have to use plastic bags, tie it up tight and keep light out and in a season you have what is call "leaf mold" and it is great to feed trees and lawns and gardens with this rich compost. A mulching electric lawn mower (I use Colbalt brand from Lowe's, it has been great) sucks and chops leaves and small sticks and grass and weeds. Just empty refillable mower bag when full over and over year round into compost pile. Your lawn and earth will be replenished when you feed it back all composted material.
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 or amzn.to/2DNdPgT. I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now working around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. Maybe I can put out a video on this in a year or so, showing results.
Home plate, I tried the compost pile. It was iverflowing in ine trip of my wagon. Not eveone can make a compost pile. Our entire neighbirhood of houses rakes about 300-500 bags of leaves per house. Lots of trees....TONS of leaves, and sticks, no where to put them. Some people burn them, but that ceeates a lot of smoke, etc. I agree with the landfill thing. But SO many states and cities don't have leaf lick up. And so either we have messy, moldy yards, or we bag the leaves, or burn them. Not many choices. Acrually this is the 3rd neighborhood we've lived in, in 2 different states where we've had tons of leaves. Looking for a BREAK from it. Tired of raking leaves, pixking up sticks, pinecones, and spikey balls from gum trees. Help!!!
Edit.....stupid tablet. It's.been substituting letters when I don't want it to. Sorry for the misspelled words. Good grief.
David's Tutorials that would be awesome!
dede4004 may be call the local green clubs. County extension. University science/ ecology depts. In many areas many people want those leaves! There has to be a workable solution for all your leaves than plastic and the landfield. David also brought up compostable bags but I dont know the details and cost.
How big are the yards?
leaves need to be mulched (chopped up) and wetted down (rained on) and a little "green" thrown in. Or sequestered (no light, little air) like in dark black lawn bags. As two methods of composting and they give back rich compost.
I am always needing more more more material to make garden soil for raised beds.
Is it very cold where you are? That slows the process down unless you have a mass (a pile) and then it really steams inside.
All sorts of places compost but I am sure it isnt for everyone if they cant figure it out or live in certain situations or places.
I want to be this guy when I grow up! 👍💯🤔🏆🤯
Thanks, Darnell, but even at my age now, I sometimes find myself thinking of what I want to be when I grow up! Grin!
With a big yard, a house on it, trees & leaves
Dear god this man is a genius ..I'm not going to lie I thought this was a joke video and kind of expected him to light his entire yard on fire or something
Appreciate the comment, but genius? I would say just more someone who likes to think about how to do things. But I HAVE seen quite a few videos as you describe - some of the absolutely hilarious. Sorry I don't have a link, but one video showed a guy who actually poured gasoline on his leaves and lit them. Yipes!
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Get a bagger on that lawn mover
hahahahah you think like I do!
Outstanding! If only I had known about this while doing chores in '78!
I totally agree! But hey, even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while. (Meaning EVENTUALLY I thought of this.) Take care.
Old timer's getting it done. Where are the grandkids?
Check out the sequel video, "The Giggling Leafstomper."
Behind the camera
Inside playing video games
They probably won't go because he will put them to work, Ya know how kids are today. ; )
Probably on their phones or playing video games. Parents won't let them touch the leaves because they might get dirty.
They are called leaves, so that's just what I do......leave them there
THAT is phunny!!
Time to leaf
Leaf them alone.
@@usernamemykel You should leaf the old guy alone.
Not raking leaves... means U keep mty cans of Beer around & cars w/o Plates
I am not rich...but no one in my area does what U do...….& we have the best lawns , our houses maintain their prices good & people always doing xtensions…., remodeling...& the best....we all get alone ! . . . we live in a Flood Area...….I mean Flood. Ask me how many people moved out after Sandy !!!!
I'm more impressed that you made this video edited it and uploaded it!!!! good job and keep up the good videos!!
Thanks, Mike. It started out simply as a sharing, "Hey maybe you can use this" video, but with the jaw-dropping number of views (more than 2.6M as of now), I've started doing tons more tutorials. Hey, as an official geezer now, I've sure made my share of mistakes, and hopefully learned from some of them. If I can help others avoid making those mistakes, I'll be happy.
@Carey Reynolds For the first time in nearly a year, I missed posting a video for a whole month. (Many reasons.) But I have another just about ready that I hope to put up in the next 2 or 3 days! Stay tuned...
@@DavidsTutorials you're a good man and thanks for sharing your "geezer" knowledge with us whippersnappers
@@cyclonic7134 Big Grin! Thanks for that. Yep, we geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. Lead a horse to water...
petty cash
noun
an accessible store of money kept by an organization for expenditure on small items.
"I took the money out of the petty cash and paid her"
DAVE! I knew you were the man when you said you had a workshop. I'm in my 30s, and I'm watching these new generations, including part of my own that just have no common sense. Thank you for these videos! I am a new homeowner and I like to do things myself if I can.
It's a pleasure to help, and I'm glad you're getting some DIY satisfaction from these videos! Sadly, every generation throughout history has had more than its share of laggards and slugs. It's nice to hear from someone who is a DOER. Take care.
Another great video demonstrating a great way to pick up leaves and make the most out of condensing them. Didn't even listen, but I could tell what to do, because this guy knows how to make great videos.
Thanks, R Cole. Sorry for the delay in responding (it's a YT thing), but I do appreciate your comment.
If at first you don't succeed........ask your grandpa how to do it.
Thanks for that. Yep, we geezers have spent a LOT of years making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Some of us have also spent some brainpower trying to figure out better ways to do what we do. I'm happy to share, and very glad to have RUclips to share with a much larger group of people. Some will learn, some won't. The way of the world.
I wish I had a grandpa like him around. ❤️
Ahhhhh, Grasshopper.. With age, comes wisdom.. (at least, it's supposed to;)
@@jackieblue6116 Indeed, some of us started losing our grandparents from 1919 & into the mid 60's
Oh my here it's November 2019 and this video shows up on my recommend list. I admit it I watched it and enjoyed watching it. Still don't know how I ended up here, I was watching the news and ended up here. Well, to everyone Greetings from Everett Washington USA
Thanks for sharing that, Jose, and greetings from near the opposite corner of the country. It really surprises me sometimes how I wind up watching the things I watch, but you never know what you'll find.
I go over my leaves with the lawn mower, mulching them back into the lawn and also into my vegetable garden. This has improved the lawn greatly over time.
Thanks for the comment, otiv. I do mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 (for backyard composting) or amzn.to/2DNdPgT (for curbsite pickup). I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, *_and they are all quite a bit more work than this._* I am now hoping to work around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture. (If those two concepts are new to you, they are definitely worth checking out for any serious composter.)
Leaves have been my lifetime nemesis, lol, love your methods, I’m currently a tarp and dump in the woods/ compost person 👍
Thanks for the comment, and I mow-mulch for the first couple months of leaf season; but then the leaves come down so fast it's time to get out the rakes. Compostable plastic bags (found them after I made this video) are made from corn starch: amzn.to/2FGjVC3 (for backyard composting) or amzn.to/2DNdPgT (for curbsite pickup). I've tried the tarp thing, the mower-bagger thing, the riding-mower thing, the blower thing, and the blower-vacuum-mulcher thing, and they are all quite a bit more work than this. I am now working around to doing mulching/composting, which I plan to enhance with biochar and maybe even vermiculture.
No more nemesis, meet your new bestie creating the good stuff, you da man! Sit back, plan you garden while the worms do all the work for coming Spring. Miraculously, magical real life goodness, & we know WHO to thank, The One Upstairs, ain't it the truth!
@@vickiburt2676 It is indeed!
I feel some sort of wholesome Bob Ross hypnosis here...
That's interesting. Others have commented about ASMR, whatever that is. Thanks for the comment.
Only thing I can see a need to tweak is your leaf compactor. If you bolt on a 2-3 foot vertical pole handle instead of the two flush handles, you’ll save your back all of that bending into the trash bin too. Good video, good tips!
Thanks for this, David. I thought about attaching a pusher-pole to the leaf-masher disk, but couldn't wrap my mind around the best way to attach the pole to the disk, so I went with the cabinet handles and justified the bending over by calling it more exercise.
David Gleason, Yes! Like a manual soil tamper...
David Gleason I’ll be doing this
Pole: more effort...not as much force...harder on back.
@@DavidsTutorials I'm thinking you could use a pipe floor flange, and bolt it to your leaf compactor. Screw in a length of pipe and you're good to go. This link shows a pipe floor flange, in case you don't know what that is (I had to look it up, because I could only think of "pipe screw in" 😄): www.supplyhouse.com/Bluefin-BLFF050-1-2-Black-Floor-Flange?gclid=Cj0KCQiAw5_fBRCSARIsAGodhk_tqV25u4Erx3b7_qG3Wan0qoIKA1dzIlFixMWOuYCN3JYsyx9BheYaAsJ9EALw_wcB
It’s sort of speaks to the lack of know-how and common sense in people today that this fellow felt as though he had to explain how to rake leaves. And I’m sure he’s right. Some people probably have no clue. Thank you to this man for doing a public service.
If you will first actually WATCH the video (I don't think you did), and second read some of the >16,000 comments on it, particularly the one pinned at the top, you'll see how some folks appreciate what I've shared in this video. It's great that YT allows people of all preferences to post and watch videos. Hopefully, we can all find things that suit us well.
Hi Dave, started on the leaves today, i couldn't believe how easy it was. cleared the front lawn and filled 6 bags....so so easy.....starting on the back lawn tomorrow....a whole lot bigger!!! at least i won't have nightmares thinking about doing it. thanks again
Wow, Paul, what a wonderful thing to hear. Thanks so much for sharing.
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I'll try making a packing plate, as that seems to be more effective than my usual stomping on the contents with just my boot. I like to pack each bag to the maximum capacity so I'd probably still stomp on the disk with my foot to achieve maximum density.
@@hwingerrr5680 My experience tells me you should probably be careful with that - of course, depending on the heaviness of your leaves. The first reason is that very dense leaves can get extremely heavy. I have no problem lifting and transporting a bag full of my kind of leaves done the way I demonstrate. However, when I use a leaf blower on the vacuum/mulcher setting , the bag is too heavy for me to lift more than just a bit, or to transport any distance at all without assistance, like a wagon. The second reason is a caution about bag tearing. If you have cheap bags, they can tear easily. Less-cheap bags still tear, but not as easily. They will tear either through too much weight, or from twigs poking through them, which can be aggravated by over-stomping. I've done both.
Love older people. So much wisdom from them.
He's such a lovable grumpy old man... Like me.
Hell I'd put a broom stick on the
Plywood disk screw bending over.
bobbg yesss..I hate bending!!
Yes, but not quite as much wisdom as they think.
Yes. Such lasting wisdom. Putting a trash bag in a trash can. And using two rakes. Truly amazing. Nobel prize type stuff, right there.
@@jimmyjames7683 Too angry for your own good. Road rage issues, per chance?