How Do You Pick up Leaves Without a Rake

Use your lawn mower. If you already have a lawnmower with a collecting bag then this is one way to collect your leaves. … Use your mower to mulch the leaves and let the clippings fall into the soil below. … Use a lawn vacuum. … Use a leaf blower. … Use a leaf and lawn sweep.

What to use when you don't have a rake?

  1. Hire Someone. The most obvious way to get out of doing something you don’t want to do is to get someone else to do it for you. …
  2. Timber! Remove Your Trees. …
  3. Replace Your Trees with Evergreens. …
  4. Use a Leaf Blower. …
  5. Leave Them on the Ground.

Is it okay to not rake your leaves?

Research done at Michigan State actually shows that leaving the leaves on your yard in such a manner not only does your lawn no harm; it can actually impede weed growth. Another option you have is to compost your leaves, but you simply can’t rake up all your leaves into a big pile and expect them to compost themselves.

Chloe Bennett

Chloe Bennett

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