{"id":151633,"date":"2017-05-17T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/151633\/leaf-blowers-are-a-nuisance\/"},"modified":"2017-05-17T08:01:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T06:01:40","slug":"leaf-blowers-are-a-nuisance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2017\/05\/17\/leaf-blowers-are-a-nuisance\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaf blowers are for lazy gardeners, says resident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dee Miller-Harmse, Symhurst Extension One writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I refer to the letter written by \u201cSleepless in Germiston\u201d regarding leaf blowers in your May 12 edition.<\/p>

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I absolutely concur with everything that was said.<\/p>\n

Our neighbour has a gardening service which starts at 6.15am on a Friday morning, waking up the entire neighbourhood.<\/p>

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It\u2019s so annoying.<\/p>\n

There is no reason for leaf blowing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s for lazy gardeners.<\/p>\n

The leaves are not gathered up into black bags to be disposed of.<\/p>\n

They are simply shoved outside their property and down the road, often ending up in the stormwater drains, clogging the system when it rains hard, causing resultant flooding.<\/p>\n

I personally believe these noise makers should be banned due to the dangerous decibel levels.<\/p>\n

Most gardeners just sweep up leaves.<\/p>\n

But to \u201cSleepless in Germiston\u201d I would say buy good earplugs when you sleep during the day which will help tremendously.<\/p>\n

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