ikwewe In our area, we are not allowed to put leaves in bags for regular trash pickup. It is a mystery to us how to deal with the maple black spot fungus if we have to send the leaves to the city mulch pile or keep them ourselves.

Some fungi can be cooked by composting the leaves, and that is what we are going to try this year.

shawnaleeah In Alberta, our leaves are hiding under 20 centimetres of snow :(

olldbobbi Autumn leaves are proof positive that nature makes the best color combinations, don't you think?

engineerchic We have found that when using a riding mower to chop and remove leaves, the bagger gets full in almost no time. There is a "Monster Bag" that can replace regular bagging bins and it holds a lot more leaves.

Although leaf removal takes a full day to complete ... It's a fair price to pay for all the shade in the summer.

Stevie The first year at our new home we had well over 100 bags (paper of course) of leaves. Finally got it down to a science. Got mulching blades for the tractor, DH drives in concentric circles to blow the leaves into a smaller area then runs over the pile until they are chopped. Puts on the bagger unit and we get maybe a couple of bags or put into compost for next year. Hope this helps because it is soooo much less work now.

hilphillips Our city has a vacuum truck that picks up leaves from October to March. All we have to do is rake them to the edge of the street and call for pickup. It's much easier than bagging all of those leaves! We live in Alabama, so there's not much concern for snow.

johnadams Once again, Houzz gives me right on time info. Had no idea oak leaves are slow to compost. Have shredder and 5 cubic yards of oak leaves from the canyon. Guess I better go fill the gas can.

babsjc Rake up all of your leaves and put them on a garden spot, big or small. Always add your grass clippings to this spot as you mow all summer.

You do not have to plow this spot but can plant seeds and veggie plants for your summer garden. Beautiful.

pussita I glued maple leaves on the kitchen lockers and sprayed them with transparent lacquer. They last forever and are a conversation piece

jennajalopy I live in a climate where it takes the trees several months to completely drop all their leaves. I definitely don't feel like raking for that long. This year, I'm just going to periodically blow all the leaves out to the edge of the property line, up against the fence, and keep the main areas free of leaves. I'll do that until all the leaves are off the trees. Once all the leaves are piled up I'll use the mulching attachment on the leaf blower and voila, compost.

janet4784 Good heavens, why would anyone send all that free and ideal mulch/fertilizer to the dump? It's nature's way of replenishing the soil. Just because people have bagged it up and hauled it away for years doesn't mean that makes any sense whatsoever.

francischelli We've lived in our home 20 years and have an acre of lawn with about 20 large, mature trees. I only rake up the leaves on the driveway. The rest I mulch with the mower and leave on the lawn. The trick is to do it frequently an in criss-crossing directions so it doesn't leave piles.

linbar My neighbors may not agree but I had all the oak leaves, maple leaves and pine needles blown into a large pile (maybe 20 x 20 feet which came up to my knees) in the front yard last fall. I don't have a lawn, just a large wooded lot that is kept to resemble a forest. I watched the deer all winter dig through the leaves for something to eat or lay down to rest for the day. The squirrels would dig through the pile to find acorns and by Spring the pile had done what it's supposed to do. It was now not as high as my ankles. The only area I keep cleaned up is the seasonal stream bed that winds it's way through the yard.
My neighbors get a little excited when a leaf is on their lawn and have a yard guy each week out there for 2 hours mowing, blowing and trimming. Noisy, air polluting and costly.