Lawn Care Rid Your Landscape Of Leaves With Little Or No Rake

I spent years with a grass catcher on the rear of my mower swallowing up all of those leaves. Then,in my case, the back breaking chore of disengaging the catcher and dragging it into the woods to dump it. Your case maybe the filling of all those leaf bags and carrying them out to the roadside for pickup. As you get older you become real tired of all this "bull Work." Maybe some of you have already discovered this easier solution if not then pay close attention

There are three things you may need for clearing your lawn. The mower is the key but you may have a problem with leaves sticking under and around bushes,in gardens,or nooks and grannies. There are two ways to handle this troublesome area and one would be to rake the leaves out from this area and put them in the garbage can. The second method would be to rake them out so the mower can mulch the leaves into a fine dust. You can use either a push mower or a riding mower for this purpose. A riding mower will certainly save your legs if your area is large.

I no longer use the garbage can just the rake to remove leaves from where I feel it is not safe to run the mower. Those leaves are put in small rows so my mower does not have to run over a mountain of leaves. Then I begin my mowing process by proceeding down one side of the lawn and turning the mower to proceed down the opposite side. The mower is constantly working the leaves together into the center of the lawn. If you have obstacles at either side of your lawn,then it may require the mowing of one side twice or three times to prevent putting the leaves back under the bushes or into a garden.

This process may take four to five pushes or rides up and down each side until the leaves are mulched into a fine powder. Contrary to popular opinion,this mulching provides excellent nutrients to your lawn. The only difficult debris are pine needles. You maybe able to blow them into a pile but they are not conducive to mulching. This may require the garbage can. I would not leave the needles on the lawn because of their acidic nature which will then mess up your PH. Then You may develop Moss as discussed at my web site. See http://www.gardenersgardening.com