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[email protected] · 22-09-2006, 02:13 AM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden

Joshua Putnam wrote:
In article .com,
says...

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.)

--
is Joshua Putnam
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Mowing with a mulching mower is a good partial solution for anyone that
has lots of trees nearby. You can do it in the beginning, and you can
do it at the end of the leaf fall period. But if you have a property
surrounded by trees, there is no alternative to removing them. If you
mulch that many, you will bury and kill the turf.