YouTube’s Best Hacks for Raking Your Lawn

The stages of fall are as follows:

1. Excitement that the weather is turning a bit more crisp and that fall fun is upon us.

2. Enjoy watching the trees turn shades of those beautiful fall colors.

3. Realize those beautiful leaves are going to end up in your yard, and that you will need to rake several times before winter.

If you’re currently experiencing this third stage of fall, don’t fear! We scoured YouTube for some of the best hacks for raking and collecting your leaves this fall. Why work harder when you could work smarter? These tips will make this oh-so-mundane job just a little bit easier. They might even save you several hours of backbreaking, leaf raking, agony.

Take a look!

• This poster has a genius technique that involves cardboard, tarps, and an important first step of some super fun leaf pile playtime with her kids! This cuts the time spent raking and bagging in half, and is a great method for saving a few hours on your raking jobs this fall.

• Leaves like to collect in the most inconvenient places, such as gutters. If you need to clean your gutters, check out this hack for using a shop vac (with genius extension pieces) to clear your gutters of leaves throughout the season.

• This video uses an ergonomic tool to help make the job of collecting the leaves without the need to bend over to collect them. Those with back pain will love this unique gadget for their leaf collection.

• It’s fun to buy cool tools for making the job easy, but you might enjoy making your own custom tools for the job. This video shows a simple way to modify a trash can and some other items to make bagging your leaves extra simple!

• If you’ve been wanting to break out the motorized vehicles to collect your leaves, this video shows how you could make a leaf collection attachment for your riding lawn mower for under $50. If you’re handy, this could be the perfect fall project to make your yardwork a breeze!

• Some people argue that mulching your leaves is a more eco and lawn-friendly way to make your leaf clearing even easier. This video describes the method you can use with the help of your lawn mower to mulch your leaves yard quickly and easily.

• If you’re tired of sending several plastic bags of leaves to the dump each week, consider composting! This planet friendly way of creating rich compost for your garden is a great way to use up your leaves and leftover food scraps. This video is a great primer for those interested in this method of leaf disposal.

These are just a sample of the treasure trove of ideas to be found on YouTube. Check out these and tons of other interesting ideas that could make your yardwork tons easier this fall.

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