Stop straining over heavy piles of autumn leaves. Experts share their favorite tips on how to make raking leaves easier.

Leaving fallen leaves in your yard supports healthy soil and acts as free mulch. Raking and removing leaves can disrupt natural nutrient cycles and increase the need for fertilizers. Unless leaves are ...

A dispute over whose responsibility it is to clear drainage gullies has been branded as ‘unacceptable.’ The stand-off is ...

As the weather gets colder, it's important to remove leaves from the garden. An expert has explained why you don't want them ...

Raking leaves is a chore many people immediately associate with autumn. Even though raking seems like a simple activity, it’s still possible to be injured while removing leaves from the yard. The ...

Leaf blowers are convenient and fast, but they cause noise and air pollution. An electric or battery-powered leaf blower eliminates air pollution. Leaf raking is more eco-friendly as well as more ...

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center announced today a campaign to inspire homeowners and landowners to put down the rake and leaves some leaves on the ground this fall to improve soil, support ...

When you rake leaves and throw them away in the autumn, you are destroying local wildlife that use those leaves for shelter ...

Fall foliage draws leaf peepers outdoors to glimpse the colors, and enthusiastic yard-tenders into the garden shed to reach for their rakes. Or worse, for their leaf blowers. Yes, they’re noisy, but ...