I remember that from my younger years in Illinois. It was wonderful.My husband says that even in Queens, NY they used to burn leaves in the street.
I wonder if people don't buy those chimneas in order to sneak in a little leaf burning.
So just wondering if anyone else remembers?...
One of my best childhood memories..Ahhh that smell..Why cant we still do it ?? Soccor mom paranoia I suspect .
I can still burn my leaves!
Heck, I can burn my trash if I want, but I don't like the smell.
Burning leaves smell good!
And when all the neighbors choked on the smoke and had to re-wash the clothes drying on the line. I remember.
Protect the Environment. Burn your leaves (safely) and stop global cooling!!!
Yep. and your grass. although i do remember once when someone's burn got out of control and they burned a large section of forest and fields in Maine.
I have a big fire-pit in my side yard for burning stuff.
'Sides, I live close to the fire station ;)
I remember. Loved that smell.
I remember. And, I remember the smell. In W. Texas, farmers would also burn their cotton burrs. Every now and then, some cotton trash will catch fire and I'll drive through the smoke on the freeway. Boy, does it take me back.
Those were the days. Of course, if we could burn leaves today, what would the allergy medication companies do?
I liked riding my bike up and down the road through the smoke clouds from burning piles of leaves.
I did it a couple of years ago (I survived the SWAT team assult)so the kid could get a whiff. Man, did that ever smell good!
Fond memories.
LVM
Hell, there are lots of places where you can't even use your fireplace without permission from the bureaucRATs. I've long held that the real threats to our liberty come not from Washington, but from tinpot twobit local politicians and "activists."
Oh boy, memories of childhood. We lived on Lake Ontario and had to wait for a south wind to make sure any sparks were carried to the lake! The smell was wonderful and it was, indeed, a great rite of fall.
The process and the aroma was a big part of the season.
Now we put the leaves in Hefty bags that will never degrade.
I remember that from my younger years in Illinois. It was wonderful.My husband says that even in Queens, NY they used to burn leaves in the street.
I wonder if people don't buy those chimneas in order to sneak in a little leaf burning.
those were good times, but I must say it was quiite dangerous, I remember people who would burn their leaves right out in front of there house and nearly burn there house down. Though I still say it was great fun, beside the fact I always ended up ruining a my shirt with burn holes from the flying ash
We can burn our leaves on designated days. although we do not.
Good luck with the deer fence, hope it is at least 8 feet.
The other day walked to the newspaper bin and 5 deer walked across my walk way, stoped looked at me and continued on.....
We could do it until about 1970. Wonderful smell and such fun for a firebug kid like me.
Most incorporated areas don't allow it anymore because it contributes to violations of the NAAQS (National Ambient Air Quality Standards). Violations impact Federal funding in a serious way. The criteria pollutants from leaf burning are carbon monoxide and particulates (I'm guessing). In some places it's also a major wildfire threat.
I work in air quality (I'm such a geek) but I miss the smell and the sight myself.
What happened to that?
I rember getting my dad mad at me because I would go jump in them...then we would gather them back up and burn them.
Still can, just depends on where you live...