Do you rake your leaves?

[superslug]

It's come to the time of year where I need to do something about all the leaves in my yard. Everyone else around has started blowing or raking. I, however, plan on just running them over with my lawn mower. Is that wrong?

EDIT: For some inexplicable reason, I forgot to make my own action of mowing leaves a poll option. Could the dearest mods please fix?

 

[cgannon64]

I live in a brownstone. To explain to the non New Yorkers, this means I have a small concrete front yard with a little dirt, therefore, no leaves to clean.

At my summer house however. We have three trees and large backyard. But we don't visit in the winter, so I pray they blow away by June.

 

[WickedSmurf]

I don't believe in leaves, so why should I bother.

 

[Unregister]

Yes, yes i do rake them...unless its wet outside.

 

[Perfection]

Bah, blowers and rakes are underpowered!

I use a pressure washer! Get's a massive amount of leaves moved in no time!

That, and a massive tractor rake that mounts on the back of a lawnmower. (as a trailer)

 

[superslug]

Originally posted by Perfection
Bah, blowers and rakes are underpowered!

I use a pressure washer! Get's a massive amount of leaves moved in no time!

Hey, that's not a bad idea. Not quite perfect, but it's close!

 

[andrewgprv]

I leave them. Healthier for the grass.

 

[Paalikles]

I live in an appartment with no grassland/forest to irrigate - thus no raking of leaves either.

 

[Deep_Thought76]

I'm usually the one who winds up with the leaf-raking job, and there are a ton of them every year. (We're on a corner lot, so more yard space.) Fortunately, they all tend to drop in the space of a week or 2, and by now the trees are all bare.

 

[De Lorimier]

3rd floor...no leaves.

 

[Ossric]

just did it last week...

 

[DS_Legionary]

We don't rake the leaves in our yard. The wind here pretty much takes care of it for us.

 

[Superevie]

I just leave em there. I should probably do something, but why do it when your parents are so willing to use the leaf blower on em?

 

[Speedo]

This is why God gave us lawn mowers.

 

[superslug]

Originally posted by Speedo
This is why God gave us lawn mowers.

Finally! Someone agrees with me on the solution!

 

[Superevie]

Originally posted by superslug

Finally! Someone agrees with me on the solution!

I've never really though of that solution before, but that is an awesome idea. It just destroys all the leaves! *revvs up lawnmower and obsessively mows lawn*

 

[Speedo]

I just finished doing that yesterday

 

[Plexus]

Southern California with a tiny backyard. In a word: no.

 

[Mrogreturns]

When I was a lad our front lawn had two trees that shed leaves up to a metre in length and about 3 cm wide. They were very very tough leaves and would resisit attempts at lawn mowing by wrapping around the shaft and stoping the blades. I used to collect them into bundles and then use one of the leaves to tie them up.

Just realised I haven't done that in about 15 years- never would have believed I could feel nostalgic for such things.

 

[Archer 007]

No, all of our trees are needlely trees.