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 ...

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 ...

It's getting that time of year again when the leaves start falling from the trees, and the annual task of raking them up from our lawns begins anew. While there's plenty to be said for why you shouldn ...

Raking leaves is often seen as a mundane chore, but it can actually be a rewarding experience ...

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, ...

Leaves left in garden beds act as natural mulch, improving soil health, insulation, and habitats for pollinators. Rake leaves if plants are diseased, pests are an issue, or you’re growing small or ...

Deciding whether to rake leaves depends on your property type and gardening goals. Leaving leaves on the ground provides shelter for insects and recycles nutrients into the soil. Thick layers of wet ...

Trees across the Region are beginning to fill with the wonderful colors of fall. But that means raking season has also arrived for many area residents and with more than 17,000 raking-related injuries ...

There are plenty of signs that fall has arrived — cooler temperatures, shorter days, and pumpkin spice lattes on every coffee shop menu, to name just a few. But for homeowners, the leaves falling from ...