Cut grass this late in fall?

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We usually do our last cut week of thanksgiving.

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Anonymous wrote:With apologies for sort of hijacking the thread, I'm relatively new to lawn care and wanted to ask about mowing over the leaves. I was thinking I might mow this weekend and mow over the leaves and also leave the grass catcher attachment off my mower in order to keep the grass clippings on the lawn too. Otherwise, I need to rake this weekend because our county's leaf pickup is next week. Good idea? Bad idea? Is the timing right? TYIA.

If you have a mulching mower it is the best thing you can do

I had to check on amazon to see if what I bought last year has a mulching setting. Looks like it does! So, do that and let everything lie, no need to rake? I like mowing and pruning, really not a fan of raking so this would be great.

Yes, this is the best way to take care of leaves! The leaves will be cut up into small pieces and they will filter through the grass to improve your soil as they decompose.

Whenever I see bags of leaves waiting to be picked up, I wonder if the homeowner realizes how those leaves could have helped to improve the soil the grass is growing in. It is so much better for your own lawn and for the environment in general to mow over leaves and either leave them in place or start your own composting pile.

My DH takes other peoples' bagged leaves and puts them in our garden and compost! Then shakes his head when they buy Leaf Gro in the Spring.

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Anonymous wrote:With apologies for sort of hijacking the thread, I'm relatively new to lawn care and wanted to ask about mowing over the leaves. I was thinking I might mow this weekend and mow over the leaves and also leave the grass catcher attachment off my mower in order to keep the grass clippings on the lawn too. Otherwise, I need to rake this weekend because our county's leaf pickup is next week. Good idea? Bad idea? Is the timing right? TYIA.

If you have a mulching mower it is the best thing you can do

I had to check on amazon to see if what I bought last year has a mulching setting. Looks like it does! So, do that and let everything lie, no need to rake? I like mowing and pruning, really not a fan of raking so this would be great.

Yes, this is the best way to take care of leaves! The leaves will be cut up into small pieces and they will filter through the grass to improve your soil as they decompose.

Whenever I see bags of leaves waiting to be picked up, I wonder if the homeowner realizes how those leaves could have helped to improve the soil the grass is growing in. It is so much better for your own lawn and for the environment in general to mow over leaves and either leave them in place or start your own composting pile.

My DH takes other peoples' bagged leaves and puts them in our garden and compost! Then shakes his head when they buy Leaf Gro in the Spring.

I love this! Your husband is a smart guy! I have neighbor's who had about ten big bags of leaves out for pickup this morning- I wish I had seen this and thought to take them into my yard. I can't believe how wasteful it is to bag and give the leaves to the trash pickup company.

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Anonymous wrote:With apologies for sort of hijacking the thread, I'm relatively new to lawn care and wanted to ask about mowing over the leaves. I was thinking I might mow this weekend and mow over the leaves and also leave the grass catcher attachment off my mower in order to keep the grass clippings on the lawn too. Otherwise, I need to rake this weekend because our county's leaf pickup is next week. Good idea? Bad idea? Is the timing right? TYIA.

If you have a mulching mower it is the best thing you can do

I had to check on amazon to see if what I bought last year has a mulching setting. Looks like it does! So, do that and let everything lie, no need to rake? I like mowing and pruning, really not a fan of raking so this would be great.

Yes, this is the best way to take care of leaves! The leaves will be cut up into small pieces and they will filter through the grass to improve your soil as they decompose.

Whenever I see bags of leaves waiting to be picked up, I wonder if the homeowner realizes how those leaves could have helped to improve the soil the grass is growing in. It is so much better for your own lawn and for the environment in general to mow over leaves and either leave them in place or start your own composting pile.

My DH takes other peoples' bagged leaves and puts them in our garden and compost! Then shakes his head when they buy Leaf Gro in the Spring.

We rake up and take all the leaves from the front yards on our street for our garden beds. I didn't want to annoy the neighbors by just collecting them after they'd gone to the trouble of bagging them. Win-win for both sides.