Just Mow Them
As the deafening roar of leaf blowers outside reminds me, it’s time to remind my fellow suburbanites once again that leaf removal is a scam. Put down the blower, tell the landscapers to go home, and just mow your lawn normally every week.
Here’s Kansas State University’s explanation of this simple hack, and here’s an endorsement of it from no less an authority than Scotts Lawncare.
Seriously, save yourself a bunch of money and effort, spare the environment all those pointless emissions, and save me from this damned noise.