Fall Leaves: Tips, Tricks, And Tools

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Raking your leaves is such a simple chore, but it often gets put aside for other more appealing activities, leaving you with a huge fall colored mess in your yard. Don’t let it get to that point this year! With these simple tips, tricks, and tools you can claim your yard back from the wild and make leaf clean up a breeze!

trimDid you thinning trees at the beginning of fall is one of the easiest and best ways to control your leaf clean up and keep a clean yard? By trimming back excess branches you are not only boosting the health of your tree and promoting strong spring growth, but also lessening your leaf clean up duties exponentially. Keeping your branches trimmed down for the fall and winter helps contain the clean up to one specific area rather than blowing all around your yard. The leaves mostly stay attached to the removed branches; so to get rid of leaves just pick up the trimmed branches, throw them in your green bin, and you are done.

I made that sound super easy, but that is not always the case. Calling a trained professional is always recommended when you are trimming trees. At Tree Wise, we offer highly ...
... trained and certified arborists to assist you in your fall tree trimming and other needs. Now, if you’re not so sure about trimming your tree just yet, or maybe you did, but there is still a ton of leaves hanging out on your lawn, we’ve got you covered.

The top trick to managing your leaf cleanup is easy to remember: Keep it manageable! Don’t let it get out of control. A little effort here and there will go a long way when you get right down to it. Take ten minutes each day to rake up a few autumn leaves and toss them in your brown bags. By the time all the leaves have fallen your yard will look like a million bucks and you won’t be sporting a back ache to attest for it.

How about a leaf blower? Although, a great tool in the battle against the leaf horde, leaf blowers do have limitations. So keep these tips in mind when you grab your gadget and get to work. Smaller leaf blowers work great for driveways and sidewalks, but not necessarily the best for blowing wet leaves off your lawn so if you plan on blowing away your yard problems make sure you are using the right size leaf blower. Another thing to keep in mind is the difference between gas and electric blowers. Electric blowers are usually somewhat less powerful than their gas counter parts and might not do the trick on those sticky leaves you’ve been ignoring but work great on freshly fallen leaves or leaves on sidewalks and driveways. A gas blower, however, can prove a useful tool even though it sounds like a Boeing 747 heading down the runway for takeoff. Able to handle a little more of the heavy duty work a gas blower can be an asset for leaf disposal, or as I was recently informed, also functions as a great tool when your kids have spilled their crackers in the back seat of the mini-van…Just watch for flying Legos.