what I was thinking.

They spend many hours each week raking and bagging leaves, at least they seem to enjoy it...so glad I live in an apartment...I can still enjoy viewing other's yards and go to the park if I want...I guess I'm lazy but that never started me before...

Many people in my neighborhood do rake their leaves (or pay landscapers to do it), but some don't.

I don't think there's any rule about leaves unless they're sheltering vermin or something like that. My yard man never rakes. He uses a leaf blower to blow the cuttings from the walkway and the porch.

Our house is in the mountain woods of rural Pennsylvania.


I used to live in suburban Long Island, NY and I had trouble bag the leaves in a clear bag and they had to be ready for pick up on specific days. Ugh.

Decades ago electrics were corded.

rake or blow leaves onto the street. But whether you have to do anything at all with the leaves in the first place is kinda murky ... it depends on whether there is a complaint for "accumulation of debris". So if a neighbor complains or the city does a drive-by you might get a citation if the leaves have piled up.

The good side towards him too, he's a jerk.

Need I say he's a Trump supporter too.

... where I live, are considered (by city code enforcement) exactly the same as any other tree leaves, so where they fall is your problem, nevermind there's only one palm tree on the block...

So, frondly advice, sometimes best to count your blessings...

No raking, I use my zero turn and a bagger and someone dumping them for me because I can no longer walk so good and can’t keep getting on and off the mower.

Most of my neighbors on the street do something similar.

We have one tree in our yard but when the leaves start detaching the leaf layers become thick.


I like to have the leaves mulched by the lawn mower and because the leaf layers are too thick I do a little bit of raking before the lawn mowing mulching. I rake the leaves bagless to the side of the road (not in the road) and the city picks them up on certain dates with either a leaf vacuum machine or a front loader machine.


A few reasons I like the leaves mulched up with the lawn mower is the mulched leaves are a natural fertilizer for the soil and for the insect ecosystem.


Yes, our lawn mower is still noise and air pollution much more compared to a leaf blower. It is the easiest way to mulch the leaves and give back natural fertilizer to the soil and to the ecosystem.