We also have a couple of Esperanza plants (but those our our fault, not the landscape architect) that are currently around 15 feet high and drop yellow flowers into the pool day and night. When the wind shifts to a north wind, as it's done with the storm, all the leaves adapted to the south wind get blown loose from the opposite direction and fall. Prevailing wind here most of the time is out of the south. We're in old Katy, actually in the city about a mile north of Hwy 90. Incidentally, the pebble finish doesn't help the pool rake to slide, either. It's a skill I could have been happy not having to learn. The pool rake/net ( : Swimline Professional Heavy Duty Deep-Bag Pool Rake, Blue : Swimming Pool Maintenance Kits : Garden & Outdoor) works fairly well, although I have to create a small current with the rake, then back up and scoop the leaves once they've lifted off the bottom. Once I started scooping the worms, I just continued with the leaves. This morning, I scooped about 15 big dead earthworms out of the pool and probably 50 or so wax myrtle leaves (and that's after scooping leaves every few hours yesterday.) I could have just run the robot, but I don't know what happens with those fat earthworms in the robot brushes. If you're in Cypress, you know what weather we're seeing right now-we're just south of you in Katy. Those little skinny devil leaves just become organic matter for the grass. Click to expand.Yeah, where the wax myrtle leaves fall in the St.
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