There is no better tool for leaves than a rake and a big tarp. Bigger
the better - I use a 20x40 foot tarp that'll hold a minivan sized pile
of leaves. The tarp gets tied with rope to the back of my riding mower
because I'm getting lazy. Drag that up the hill, find an open spot in
the woods, and drag the tarp over itself to dump. Easy and doesn't
annoy the neighborbood with noise.

The only place a leaf blower has been useful is ivy. The rake is hard
on the leaves.


-rev



wrote:
Does anybody have a strategy for removing leaves from a mulch bed
without losing tons of mulch. I have a lot of trees on my property and
on the surroundingplots of land. I have had a lot of leaf removal to
do this season and I will have an equal amount of mulch replacement to
do. I have been using my blower to push the leaves to a pile and try
to stay away from using a rake.

I do not use the vacuum attachment for my blower as it jams often and
and it was very time consuming. However, just on the last leaf
cleaning day of the season, it broke so I have purchased a Toro Ultra
Blower.

Is the only way to remove leaves from a mulch bed without losing mulch
to use the vacuum attachment?