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I used to spend an entire day raking leaves every fall, using a leaf blower in reverse to then turn them into dust, and then bagging it all up and leaving them for the trash guys to pick. What an awful lot of work and a terrible thing to toss in the landfill. So I've switched to just mowing the leaves with my mulching mower, leaving the remnants on the lawn, and lightly watering to keep the dust down. I do that a few times each fall. It doesn't look as pretty but I get natural fertilizer for less effort and nothing added to the landfill. I don't know how practical that is for others but I'm never going back.
On the other hand, there are some old guys around (he knows who he is) who don't yet have snow to shovel so they (he) should go out now and start raking.
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