[Sirrotica]

I run my mower over them repeatedly and mulch them up as fine as possible and just leave the compost on the lawn. This was recommended to me by the chemlawn, (now trugreen) people many years ago and I never rake anything organic off of my lawn, grass clippings etc. I just run it over about 2-3 times and leave it and I have the greenest lawn in my neighborhood. I see people raking their lawns and gathering leaves and I always wonder why they're taking all the nutrition that comes from the ground and carting it off to a landfill. Leave it and it goes back into the ground and replenishes the soil lots less work too, win/win situation................

[Elarson]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

I run my mower over them repeatedly and mulch them up as fine as possible and just leave the compost on the lawn. This was recommended to me by the chemlawn, (now trugreen) people many years ago and I never rake anything organic off of my lawn, grass clippings etc. I just run it over about 2-3 times and leave it and I have the greenest lawn in my neighborhood. I see people raking their lawns and gathering leaves and I always wonder why they're taking all the nutrition that comes from the ground and carting it off to a landfill. Leave it and it goes back into the ground and replenishes the soil lots less work too, win/win situation................

That's our approach too. Too many trees and acreage to pick them up w/o making a full time job of it. Mow them a few times in the fall (until they're tiny flakes) and by spring, they've disappeared. I've never had to fertilize.

Eric

[GT182]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

I run my mower over them repeatedly and mulch them up as fine as possible and just leave the compost on the lawn. I just run it over about 2-3 times and leave it and I have the greenest lawn in my neighborhood. I see people raking their lawns and gathering leaves and I always wonder why they're taking all the nutrition that comes from the ground and carting it off to a landfill. Leave it and it goes back into the ground and replenishes the soil lots less work too, win/win situation................

Xs 2. I did that up north in NY. Cut em up as fine as I could with the Kubota's 60" deck and then scattered them. When they got to be too much I'd blow the leaves into the woods behind me. With all the snow thru the winter they'd rot and decay in the spring. Best fertilize there is.

We can't burn leaves here in the Burbs. Here I do the same with all the leaves that blow into the backyard from the neighbors. Takes all of 15 minutes to mow it. I don't have a freekin tree in my yard but you'd never know it. Our lot is all fenced in in the back so leaves in there can't be blown out. The leaves that blow in under the carport get blown right back out and back to the neighbor's yard.

[Jack Gifford]

Ditto on mulching. I've got many leaves yet to fall, but already had about 8" of maple leaves on most of my acre- so I got most of it mulched today- eight inches down to nearly zero inches!

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

I run my mower over them repeatedly and mulch them up as fine as possible and just leave the compost on the lawn. This was recommended to me by the chemlawn, (now trugreen) people many years ago and I never rake anything organic off of my lawn, grass clippings etc. I just run it over about 2-3 times and leave it and I have the greenest lawn in my neighborhood. I see people raking their lawns and gathering leaves and I always wonder why they're taking all the nutrition that comes from the ground and carting it off to a landfill. Leave it and it goes back into the ground and replenishes the soil lots less work too, win/win situation................

Dead leaves offer lots of iron for the soil. It helps your lawn. Mulching them up is the best asnwer. We have tons of trees behind our house and they all dropped their leaves at the same time.