Mulching leaves on your lawn is faster and more efficient and offers more benefits for your yard than raking. It reduces yard waste, time spent raking, and the number of bags you need. Sure, raking is ...

As autumn leaves continue to fall, the yearly debate arrives - is it best to "leave the leaves?" For many Americans, raking leaves in the fall to be burned or bagged and collected is a fact of life, ...

As the season shifts from summer to fall marked by cooler weather and leaves changing color and falling, lawn and garden maintenance shifts, too. The lawn may soon be covered in piles of leaves. Some ...

With cooler temperatures and shorter daylight hours, the leaves should start dropping from our trees pretty soon. Some have already started, although I think those already dropping are falling from ...

It's that time of the year again. The air has already started to turn crisp, and before we know it those brightly colored leaves will begin to fall and blanket yards across North Jersey. And while ...

Leaves — useful to the tree and great for jumping in, but not much fun to clean up. Once the leaves fall to the ground, they can become a big headache. It may seem like a good idea to let the leaves ...

First, the most obvious reason: Raking leaves into plastic garbage bags and sending them to a landfill creates huge amounts of unnecessary waste. It also contributes to releasing greenhouse gases that ...

Don’t let leaves sit on your lawn all winter—mulch them instead. Shredded leaves feed the soil and protect grass as they break down. Use a mulching or regular mower, clearing leaves before they pile ...

How many of you woke up last Tuesday to a lawn buried in fallen leaves? Monday’s gale blew clouds of leaves across the city. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of mine made it all the way to West Valley.