I liked trees but never was a big fan of raking leaves. Probably the biggest reason was I didn't have any trees but my next door neighbor had 8 large maple trees and he never raked until all the leaves fell and most blew away. He sold that house 8 years ago and the new neighbor cut down 6 so the leaf situation improved dramatically but I did miss shade. What I didn't miss was roots getting into my clay pipe sewer line and I had to get it roto-rooted every few years.
We just sold that house to be full time in the Villages and we had the buyer's inspection last week. They found that the roots cracked the sewer in my front yard in two places. Right now I'm waiting for the plumber to put a liner in my sewer at a cost of $18,000. Not a big fan of trees right now!
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