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 ...

While shoveling snow may be the backbreaking chore of wintertime, leaf raking takes the (pumpkin-flavored) cake for fall. And if your usual method is to push all of the leaves into one massive pile in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

One regional expert says that tedious chore of raking leaves can be left until the end of fall. “It’s actually kind of disgusting how easy this can be,” said Mike Goatley, an extension turf grass ...