Autumn is upon us, and for many regions around the country, that means the leaves are changing color and falling off the trees and into the yard. But this fall, think twice before you spend a Saturday ...

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, ...

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 ...

An etiquette expert weighs in on how to handle the messy neighborhood issue of fall foliage cleanup. Sure, good fences make good neighbors. But with fall comes proof that nature doesn't care about ...

Fall got you thinking about raking up those leaves that have fallen all over your yard? Some experts have recommended for years now that we leave the leaves where they land and a new survey shows more ...

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It’s hard to beat the burst of color autumn leaves provide us each and every year, but for many people there are few tasks more odious than raking leaves. If you dread this lawn care task that comes ...

RJ Mackenzie is a freelance science writer with a neuroscience degree. View full profile RJ Mackenzie is a freelance science writer with a neuroscience degree. As the nights get longer and the leaves ...