Leaf Cleanups Fall Leaf Cleanings
Types of Leafs in the Reno-area
Northern Nevada, although being in a high desert, supports many types of deciduous trees. Some of the most popular trees that grow here include flowering pear, flowering plumb, sycamore, elms, ash, various maples, pin oaks, aspens, cottonwoods and more.
How to Cleanup Leaves
Best Time For Fall Leaf Cleanups
Leaf cleanups can be performed using a 1) rake, or a 2) leaf blower or a 3) leaf impeller vacuum. For leaves that have compressed over time from rain and snow, using a pitch fork or soil rake may work better to lifting up piles of heavy compressed leaves.
You can also perform your property’s leaf cleanup using a combination of all three.
Bagging up your leaves, while seeming to take longer, are actually easier to deal with. It makes disposal much quicker and simpler, and you can place your bags in your normal waste removal service bins.
Also spend time blowing out the rocks of your yard, which tend to trap leaves in the gaps.
When to Cleanup Leaves: Because of northern Nevada’s shorter growing season, with earlier frosts than most other temperate areas of the USA, leaves tend to start falling mid-October, and continue falling through mid-November. In the Sierras and Lake Tahoe area, they can even start to fall in late september. The last final trees to loose their leaves are sycamores and some California-type oak, that can retain their brown leaves into early winter. However, it is important to cleanup leaves before snow starts to accumulate on the ground. Rain and snow can make the cleanup difficult and messy. In addition, once your leaves are wet, they can start to turn to sludge, building up in corners and staining hardscapes. The entire month of November is the best time to perform leaf cleanups.
Help With Leaf Raking
Raking up leaves can be a lot of work. You may need help with raking into piles, bagging up, compressing and hauling away. Some tools that can help are leaf blowers, and leaf vacuums. One strategy has been to use a leaf blower for most peripheral areas of a yard, then gather it in with a rake, and the suck it up with a vacuum that has an impeller to grind it into power. Keep in mind, wet leaves are much harder to work with, so it is best to do leaf raking when the weather has been dry for a few days.
Leaf Cleanup Tips
Some other leaf cleanup tips include: - Use a leaf blower for hardscapes, walkways and wood porches - Use a leaf blower for far edges of the yard, and blow into piles near corners - With a trash bin fitted with a bag, gather and compress the leaf piles. You can also use a leaf vacuum to grind up the leaves for taking up less space Some rakes work better than others. Plastic wide brim rakes, fitted with two rows of tines, can quickly and thoroughly rake up leaves better a standard rake that may take many swipes to complete.
Schedule Leaf Cleanup Service
Let us give you peace of mind by cleaning up your leaves. Schedule your yard leaf cleanup today to keep your yard clean, well-kept, and avoiding that nasty winter sludge that makes spring cleanup so costly and difficult.
