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Article: Pile on the fall.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Here are 10 things to ponder while you spend your Sunday
afternoon raking leaves instead of watching the football game:
1. A single wet leaf left on your lawn for more than a few days can cause a brown spot if the grass is still growing.
2. Raking for an hour burns about 371 calories for a 190-pound man, 273 for a 140-pound woman.
3. Your leaves may wind up enriching the soil on an Illinois farm, after spending some time at a composting site. Leaves from Lombard, for example, are used on farms in Oswego and Essex.
4. Or, they might be put in soil mixes sold at home center stores. So in theory, you could end up buying your own ...