easier to clean, I still have to do that because of the giant oak tree in front of the house. And even the back gutter, which gets hit the most, doesn't get any material inside of it any longer. In fact we are going to be removing the pollen drop today, God willing. I hope this helps. BTW I am most likely going to put some on my garage as a large pine regularly drops needles and pollen sacks into those gutters too. You know that doesn't help the water flow at all.

otherwise known as NP1, pull the nail, carefully, then force the polyurethane into the nail hole while leaving a small domed piece on the shingle. This will last as long as your roof and if done properly will never leak in that location.

has some sort of chemical or ionic solvent in it. Pure water doesn't corrode at all. Galvanized hardware cloth will last for many many years and it is much better than birds nests in the line, which it will prevent.

that sell these trees but I have avoided buying any because I have no idea what they are like.

green at that point. They have a sweet tangy taste that is unique and if you let them dry out a bit on the outside until wrinkled the flavor concentrates in the sack around the seed. That inside is a little like a pomegranate in that the juice is around the seed. And the seed can be saved and sowed, I have a ton of them from years of collecting them. If we get a real cold hard winter they may not come back from where they are now and you will have to plant new seed. We have ours on a fence that we use as a trellis and it is a part of our vegetable garden. For the most part they are perennial

but like I mentioned a hard cold freeze will kill them. They are very easy to plant and since they are native to the area they are very drought tolerant. Good luck!!!