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That's the average number of leaves on a mature maple tree.

I was just looking at P-A-D LINK lots of raking to do lol

I've got lots of raking to do surrounded by eight mature maple trees, I have a couple of spare rakes if anyone fancies catching the next flight and giving me a hand

Two weeks before, the trees were in glorious autumn colour, throughout the summer they are a wonderful shade to sit under while drinking cold beer and stoking the BBQ .

In spring time I love seeing the new leaf buds erupting into action heralding the end of winter.

No complaints really, the raking gets me out in the fresh air and good exercise