There’s a chill in the air and the leaves are turning colors and dropping from the branches.
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When it comes to landscape maintenance in Kansas City, raking the leaves is easily one of the most time-consuming chores you will do this fall.
The following tips will help save you a little time and a lot of energy:
- Get a bigger rake. The larger the rake, the more leaves you can sweep up in a pass.
- Mow the leaves up. You can use a shredding or mulching lawn mower and simply mow them into the bag for disposal within your composter or the city yard waste bins.
- Vacuum them up with a yard blower/vacuum. The leaves will be minced as they pass through the vacuum, and you can spread them on flower beds or in the garden where they’ll decompose over the winter months.
- Rake leaves onto a tarp. You can pile them up on the tarp, then move them wherever you want to take them.
- Don’t rake in the wind. This isn’t efficient, and if it gets windy on the day you plan to rake, put the task off a day or two. There’s no sense in fighting Mother Nature.
- Rake downhill. Even though leaves are light, don’t fight gravity. Instead, let the slope of the hill make it easier for you to collect the leaves into a pile.
Would you rather spend your fall indoors and out of the chill? We understand completely and invite you to contact Rosehill Gardens by calling (816) 941-4777 to learn more about our landscape maintenance services in Kansas City.
We’ll be happy to rake the leaves and clean the yard so you can rest inside with a nice cup of hot cocoa.