A Good use for Your Old Shop Vac

With spring here, everything seems to be growing – especially the grass.

When there is a lot of snow in the winter, our neighbor comes over and uses his snow blower on our driveway.  That means in the spring there is quite a bit of stone overthrow in the grass.  Mowing over the stone is tricky, because it's possible to throw one at a car or house window.  Raking all that stone back into the driveway is no fun.  So I came up with a solution.

Using this old shop vac to collect the stone has been a time-saver.  Just plug it in and start to vac.

Every once-in-a-while open it up, and dump the stone back into the driveway.

Now I'm not sure what people thought, who were driving by watching me vacuum my lawn, but it saved me hours of raking.  Lazy?  Maybe. I'd like to think of it as innovative, because let's face it, we always need to give credit where credit is due, even if it means patting ourselves on the back a bit!

Comments

[Terry]

People driving past must have thought" what is that crazy lady doing?" I agree, seems like a time saver to me.

[lynn]

If I had one, I'd be out there using it right now! I hate raking those stones in the spring, but it has to be done.

[Pam]

I can only imagine what was going through people's minds as they passed you out there vacuuming!

[Sean Carter]

quite a nice looking lawn, its an pretty ingenious idea, not only does it keep your lawn nice and the ground soft but also helps you keep up with your driveways look.