Do you wait until all the leaves have fallen or do you rake, blow, suck as they fall?

I mow and mulch them into the grass.

But when? After they all fall or as they fall?

I just leaf them there.

I also leaf them there, critters and beasties like to winter over in them.

I get mine blown every week or two by my lawn guy. I’m mulling over the leave them there idea but that might be too radical for me. I have an ivy border and a native plant, read “neglected” patch that hopefully the critters can winter in.

As for you for when, I think you get to choose what makes it easier for you.

“I get mine blown every week or two by my lawn guy.”
Oh my.

@ragingloli hey – if it feels good, why not? If you want to come by, he’ll probably do yours too!

Geez, @chyna, I’m sorry. I did that thing where I didn’t answer your Q, just said that I didn’t do the stuff you were asking how we did. Ugh.

^^ Well, it’s in Social as loli has just demonstrated.

They never stop falling. Half of them down in the last two weeks, but the rest will slowly leave their branches over the next four months. (Or until a snowstorm in Atlanta, which is rare)

And I don’t rake them. Let them decompose and fertilize the grass all winter.

But they are deep enough to come up to my knees. When I had a dog, I would lose her in the leaves. She blended in.

I try to mow and mulch just as the leaves really start to fall, then every 2 to 3 days as the leaves fall faster and thicker on the lawn. Finally, I mulch one last time when all the leaves have fallen, using my mower that has the bagging attachment to collect and dispose in the compost bin. I only use the bagging attachment the last time in the fall and the first time in the spring. All other times the mower discharge stays on the lawn.

I Don’t mow. I just let them compost back in the yard.

I live in an apartment and curse the maintence guys who “blow them away”, because they’re also blowing dirt/dust all over my just-washed car. I don’t know what this obsession is with getting the leaves out of parking lots. It’s outside fergawdssake!

Years ago when I lived with my family in a house, we never raked. We just let them be. They’re nature fergawdssake! LOL

@chyna But they are deep enough to come up to my knees.

Chop down a couple trees?

Kidding! I don’t like tree-choppers! It’s nature!

I pick them out of the pots and garden as needed to keep the slugs from getting too comfy.

But otherwise, the only time I feel inclined to rake is to make a big pile to jump in.

In TN we had to do it every week for weeks. Fall lasts so long there, because it doesn’t get very cold very fast. The leaves covering the grass a long time would likely hurt the grass. Plus, the quantity of leaves would have been huge if we had waited until fall was over. We had trees all around our property, we basically lived in the woods there. The leaves could have been up to my waist in some areas if we had waited for weeks.

I think it really depends on how many leaves you are dealing with and the specific climate where you live.