A seasonal repost from years back. Still fun to watch. Before there were leaf blowers, there were rakes, and before there were rakes, there was leaf stacking. In this video, stack-master Perry Sugg demonstrates the traditional method of leaf stacking passed down through the generations in his home town of Princeton, North Carolina. Stacked leaves can be carried by hand, without the need of implements, tarps, or containers of any kind. In 2008, Perry traveled north to Princeton, New Jersey, to bring hope and empowerment to a people worn down by the drone of leaf blowers. He is ably assisted by Sofia, Maya, Anna, and that spunky cairn-poo Leo.
For those in a hurry, skip to 1:10 in the video for the demonstration.
"Viva la leaf stacker! Down with the leaf blower!"
An internet search for "leaf stacking" yielded this completely different
form, a game played by two to build a leaf mountainette one leaf at a time. Poetic and vaguely Bergmanesque.
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