Rustling Leaves

[Originally posted on Bahiyyih's webble, but later moved here.]

Chain of events:

1. Moldy basement
2. Eliminate moisture by grading to make water run away from house
3. Use leftover imported dirt to make flower beds
4. Realize that dirt is very clay-ey
5. Decide to amend it with leaves rustled from neighbor's yard (the rental duplex across the street owned by the nice German Grandma a couple of doors down) at 10:30 pm

Bahiyyih has a story all ready:

Well, you see, this is the spot Georgia has to stand in every morning to catch her school bus. They'd decompose and ... yeah

Edit, for anyone who thought that Bahiyyih might be doing something illicit:

I don't think our neighbors will complain that she is raking away their leaves for free. Quite the opposite; our next-door neighbor, for example, wanted to pay us $20 to clear the leaves from her yard by mowing them down, although we declined because we were planning to rake most of them anyway, to compost.