Homeowners generally assume that raking the leaves off their lawn is a necessary fall maintenance task — but is that actually true? Well … it depends. Raking leaves does offer a number of advantages, ...

If you have a large yard, this hack will greatly reduce the number of trash bags you have to use to remove leaves after raking, and it's great for mulching.

Using an ergonomic rake and raking in small, smooth strokes can reduce back strain. Make raking easier by removing leaves before they become wet with rain or freeze to the ground. Dividing lawns into ...

Every fall, it starts the same way. The air turns crisp, your rake reappears from the garage, and your weekend calendar mysteriously fills up with “yard work.” Half a dozen leaf piles later, you’re ...

Pile up leaves to provide cosy hideouts for wildlife and tasty foraging spots for birds - lucentius/iStockphoto As the leaves fall this autumn, you can do your bit for wildlife without forgoing your ...

Clean leaves early while they’re dry—wet piles get heavy, moldy, and hard to remove. Use tools like rakes, tarps, blowers, or mulchers to move, shred, and repurpose leaves efficiently. Compost or ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- I spent Saturday raking leaves, which is odd for the first Saturday in April. Well, I guess I wasn’t really raking leaves so much as bagging the leaves I’d raked last fall, then left ...