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Old 21-09-2006, 05:38 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
Joshua Putnam Joshua Putnam is offline
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Why not just mow them, it breaks them down to mulch, it isn't really
much work, it destroys their ability to take flight and annoy the
neighbors. I've been doing that for 40 years, and my lawn is better for
it.

Likewise -- just mow the lawn with the leaves still there, they get
shredded by the mower and settle down into the grass, can't block light
or water, and don't fly away any more. Works fine for me with maple,
apple, and weeping willow leaves. (This assumes you haven't fallen for
the bagging mower business -- if you're stuck with a bagger, mowing the
leaves just fills up the bag really fast.)

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