Yard Work Gifts

"When it comes to blowing leaves around uselessly and creating an insane amount of noise, this model can't be beat."

"Summer is over, Richard, so deal with it and start raking!"

'Wouldn't it be funny if it was just out of gas?'

"Sometimes Bob just needs a little motivation to get things done around here!"

Neighbors tossing leaves over fence.

'To answer your question, I'll do indoors when they produce a home sit-on motorized carpet-cleaner.'

"Hear that? First lawnmower of spring!"

Ted tests the limits of his new mulching mower.

'Turn your leaf blower down, dear.'

'If they are called 'leaves', why do we have to rake them up? Why don't they just leave?'

Watering a plant in the rain.

'I warned Harry that he'd have a bad hair day if he got near that leaf blower.'

'It never fails. As soon as I get in the bath, someone's at the door.'

"Rachel! If you can't even stay focused on spreading peat moss, how do you expect to get into law school?"

The lawn mowing industry was ripe for innovation.

'OK... I know that lawnmower's in here somewhere...'

"I need one louder than the one my neighbor's got."

"Must get a longer cable."

"Leave your weekends open. I'll be dropping a lot more of these."

Spring/Summer/Winter

Neighbors blowing leaves that are blown back at them.

'Since he bought the leaf blower I hardly ever see him.'

Leaf-Blowers: Loudly making yardwork someone else's problem since the 1960s.

'Stop! Stop! It's only July.'

"...And then beyond the lawn, a lily pool with fountains and..."

'Do you want the leaf blower?'

Ames, Honey? The yard really needs you attention. What makes you say that?

Gardener's Calendar: Try to put the other things back...

'Uh... do you think it's too late to put in bulbs?'

The Gardener's Calendar: Try to Repair It...

Irritable trowel syndrome.

Stone Crop

'There's no Labor Day holiday for 'honey-do's'.'

"Jim loves the snow, Mum, it's the only time the garden looks as tidy as next doors..."

"He's in charge of mowing... I mainly fertilize."