David sitting comfortably on the lawn tractor towing his lawn sweeper
My name is David Diffenderfer. I’ve been retired from Nuclear Engineering for a while now.
My partner, Audrey, and I are very active in photography and playing the theater pipe organ. We use our photography to promote music scholarships and support the “Make A Wish Foundation” at The Blackwood Estate in Pittsburgh (PA).
We have about 5 acres of yard surrounded by 15 acres of hardwood forest.
We love our yard and spend considerable time in it, but at our age it is becoming difficult to maintain.
Raking all the leaves has become impossible, which motivated us to get an Agri-Fab 44″ tow behind lawn sweeper last year (one of the three best lawn sweepers reviewed on LawnSweeperReviews.net).
What a blessing!
The efficiency of Dave’s lawn sweeper in action
We only have to rake the leaves away from the tree trunks and the lawn sweeper picks them all up.
Leaving a load of dry leaves in the basket makes a wonderful warm place for our outdoor cats to bed down in winter.
This is “Buddy”, one of Dave’s cats, resting comfortably in the gathered leaves
I run the mowing lawn tractor over the yard, blow the leaves into several strips and then run the lawn sweeper over the strips of leaves.
David running his lawn sweeper in a striped pattern for faster clearing
After collection with the lawn sweeper, the leaves get dumped into our garden where they decompose.
We can now maintain our yard for many more years thanks to our Agri-Fab 44″ lawn sweeper.
The lawn sweeper is emptied and ready for another fun round behind the tractor!
Story Background
We contacted David by email after seeing his lawn sweeper photos on Flickr. David is not affiliated with this web site in any way.
He graciously agreed to share his story and the personal photos you see above because of a passion for sharing information about lawn sweepers.
The lawn sweeper has improved his quality of life and he would like as many people as possible to benefit by learning about them.
David especially likes how the lawn sweeper eases the pressure on his back and helps maintain good health. He is also happy that it allows him to clear leaves from his lawn with much less time and energy than raking.
Next Steps
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If you are interested in getting the same lawn sweeper that David uses, check out our review on the Agri-Fab 44 inch lawn sweeper.
