Peter Stockdale wrote:
"davout" wrote in message
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Doesn't leaving all the leaves on the lawn for an extended period
damage the grass?

Our lawn is sloped and the bottom half gets quite soggy in the
winter




Perhaps - but the idea is to get round with the mower every week
till the fall is over .
If you use it on a high setting, it will leave the lawn at a
suitable
winter height.

Sound counsel. But I do recognise the sogginess-by-the-stream
problem. For me, it could get too soggy to support the wheeled mower
properly. There, a sucker might have helped, though I don't know how
well they deal with wet leaves. The solution is probably a hover
mower with a grass box: two birds, and probably less hassle. (I also
think I'd feel a bit silly vacuum-cleaning a lawn! "My missis, y'know
my missis, well I won't say she's 'ouseproud, but she made me buy
extension lead so she could 'oover 't lawn!")

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Mike.