What do you do with autumn leaves?

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admin (Zone 7a) Oct 24, 2016
There are a total of 31 votes:

We rake and burn them
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We rake and compost them
(11 votes, 35%)		Red dot

The city takes them to municipal compost areas
(2 votes, 6%)		Red dot

Mine stay right where they fall.
(8 votes, 25%)		Red dot

We do not have autumn leaf fall where I live.
(6 votes, 19%)		Red dot

Other (tell us!)
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Cville_Gardener Clarksville, TN(Zone 7a) Oct 24, 2016

The mulching mower takes care of them.

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SteveOh Cherry Grove, OH(Zone 6b) Oct 24, 2016

Most we mow/mulch in place, the rest stay where they fall.

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OutsidePlaying Laceys Spring, AL(Zone 7a) Oct 25, 2016

We mow/mulch in place, but I do put some of the mulch and some of the leaves on the garden and some in the compost bin. We mow about 4-5 acres so there is a lot of grass and leaves, not just a small city lot. I've been raking pine straw from 4-5 pine trees the past few weeks. Free mulch for the shrub beds. Some lately has been mixed with falling leaves and it just goes into the beds too. It doesn't look as neat but more leaves are going to fall anyway so I don't care.

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lbarden547 Kingsville, TX(Zone 9b) Oct 25, 2016

No autumn leaf fall here, wish there was!

Rusty

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Agavegirl1 Casa Grande, AZ Oct 27, 2016

The only things that fall out here in zone 9b AZ is us from heat exhaustion. Still in the upper 90s at the end of November! Oh...today triple digits!. I always do look forward to that box of fall leaves from OH that mom sends me every year.

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Beach_Barbie Kure Beach, NC(Zone 9a) Oct 29, 2016

The leaves haven't started falling here, but when they do, I rake them and put them into the beds. Free compost!
Barb

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nutsaboutnature Algonquin, IL(Zone 5a) Oct 30, 2016

Most of our leaves get composted back into the lawn with the mower. When there is excess, my husband runs the mower over them to crush them, then we rake and collect in bags to add to the flower beds or mix in with the soil of any new beds.

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TallGrassByz Granger, IN Nov 05, 2016

Most of the locals in my region burn their leaves in big piles. The smoke can become so think at night, that it resembles dense fog. Horrible for the environment!

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