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They don't need to be removed, the grass has done growing for the year. You're not smothering anything. Leave them to turn to mulch, and before the spring grass pops up, you can clean up any remaining leftovers, if any. That is the environment-friendly thing to do.

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np but we have huge oak trees on a tiny lot. If we don’t remove the leaves they will be over a foot deep. (That’s how it was when we moved in and no one had done yard work the previous fall).  Isn’t that too many leaves for what you describe?[/quote]

You can’t leave the leaves if you want to maintain lawn. Lawn with trees is a difficult trick. It’s not the way things want to grow so you’ll have to intervene a lot.

If you want, you can transition to more of a “woodland” garden. If it looks more like rock creek park, it will require less intervention. Keeping in mind that rock creek park is heavily impacted by invasive species and deer overpopulation so it looks different than it otherwise might too.

The local ideal for this imo is the “Fern Valley” section of the National Arboretum. If you just walk through, you might think it’s natural woodland. But really there are a lot of gardeners in there working to control invasive species, manage the trees, and plant native ornamentals. But it’s probably still easier than having grass under trees. And definitely has more wildlife. [/quote]

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