Who has the best way to deal with leaves in the fall ?

[koja]

Ok guys , who has the best way to pick up your leaves in the fall . Myself I have avvacuum set up off my old machine that I plan on adapting to my bx25d . But , if there is an easier way I would like to know. I'm all about doing things the easyest way , lol.

 

[Daren Todd]

I chop them up usually end up mowing once or twice in october, and november to knock down the occasional weeds. Used to bag them with the mower. Since I started chopping them, I haven't had to fertilize. Just have to add some lime, which i've had to do anyway

 

[koja]

I chop them up usually end up mowing once or twice in october, and november to knock down the occasional weeds. Used to bag them with the mower. Since I started chopping them, I haven't had to fertilize. Just have to add some lime, which i've had to do anyway

That would be easier for sure. I love living in woods but dread the fall clean up. Too bad they don't make something like a snow blower to shoot them out into the woods.

 

[lreops]

Easiest that I've come up with is a CyclonRake http://www.cyclonerake.com/?gclid=C...LSFYa4Gl5QEZksn6u2GLecm_IHbsbWYgH-xoCcuDw_wcB Use it with my z-turn, works great.

Ron

 

[Lil Foot]

Easiest that I've come up with is a CyclonRake http://www.cyclonerake.com/?gclid=C...LSFYa4Gl5QEZksn6u2GLecm_IHbsbWYgH-xoCcuDw_wcB Use it with my z-turn, works great.
Ron

I don't have leaves to deal with, but friends/relatives back east use that cyclonerake, & I'm impressed…. that's what I'd get if I had the need.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

You said you wanted it, they do make it!

Leaf blower:

 

[koja]

You said you wanted it, they do make it!

Leaf blower:

That would work, little steep for my fall budget though.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Within my budget and great for a real work out!

 

[MXBX]

I go round and round with the MMM collecting the leaves in one general area and then go over the collected leaves with my mulching mower. Wait for them to dry out some. By the spring they're decomposed and invisible.

 

[olthumpa]

I just leaves them be.
God put them there, who am I to try and mess up his plan.
If he wants them moved he will send the wind to move them.

 

[olthumpa]

The only way to take care of leaves.

 

[Daren Todd]

The only way to take care of leaves.

You sir, are an over achiever i like your thinking

 

[Lil Foot]

The only way to take care of leaves.

I'm sure those would eliminate your leaf problem, but I'd worry they would eliminate your lawn as well.

 

[skeets]

Yeah and most anything else that got in the way,,,lol

 

[koja]

The only way to take care of leaves.

I want one !

 

[navspecwar]

I hook my finish mower up and drive in reverse.....works great for me....I should add I first take a gas powered blower and blow everything away from my house and landscaping.....

 

[skeets]

I just run over them and blow em over the hill

 

[Humblebub]

My property is surrounded by Spruce. I just mow and blow the mulched leaves into the tree line. I am not friendly with a rake.

 

[olthumpa]

You sir, are an over achiever i like your thinking

Anything worth doing is worth doing right.

I'm sure those would eliminate your leaf problem, but I'd worry they would eliminate your lawn as well.

Thanks, now I won't have to mow the lawn.

 

[hodge]

I have a friend who bales them- I help him every fall. He has a LOT of trees- probably 40+ big oaks around his yard- so baling them is the best solution for him. He uses the bales for his garden, and gives some of them away. He uses a hay baler, and we rake the leaves into the chute (it doesn't pick them up like it does grass).
Those bales weight 120+ pounds a piece, and have a LOT of leaves packed in them. I would guess that an 8 foot pickup bed couldn't hold all of the loose leaves that would go into a bale, and he gets 75-80 bales, every year.
It isn't for everyone, but it works well for him. It takes about 6 hours to blow the leaves into wind rows, bale them, then load them on a trailer.