Using an ergonomic rake and raking in small, smooth strokes can reduce back strain. Make raking easier by removing leaves before they become wet with rain or freeze to the ground. Dividing lawns into ...

Clean leaves early while they’re dry—wet piles get heavy, moldy, and hard to remove. Use tools like rakes, tarps, blowers, or mulchers to move, shred, and repurpose leaves efficiently. Compost or ...

Every fall, it starts the same way. The air turns crisp, your rake reappears from the garage, and your weekend calendar mysteriously fills up with “yard work.” Half a dozen leaf piles later, you’re ...

Deciding whether to rake leaves depends on your property type and gardening goals. Leaving leaves on the ground provides shelter for insects and recycles nutrients into the soil. Thick layers of wet ...

In these days with social media, many unnecessary controversies are created. As an example, I saw a post about raking leaves. The controversy was somewhat Shakespearian: To rake or not to rake? People ...

Homeowners generally assume that raking the leaves off their lawn is a necessary fall maintenance task — but is that actually true? Well … it depends. Raking leaves does offer a number of advantages, ...

One regional expert says that tedious chore of raking leaves can be left until the end of fall. “It’s actually kind of disgusting how easy this can be,” said Mike Goatley, an extension turf grass ...