Leaves

[lyndar]

Any point in sweeping leaves up from the garden path or using those blower things
The whole neighborhood indulge in this at least one a week
Pointless in my opinion

[Beebumble2]

I would clear leaves because, 1. They become slippery 2. They can harbour plant diseases 3. They look unsightly 4. You can bag them up as leaf mould.

[BorisAndDoris]

I used to clear ours up with the blower. Huge job it was too because we were surrounded with giant monster trees, twice the height of the house!

One year I threw a bit of a tantrum and told DH it was his damn turn so of course, they never got done that year. I regretted it. They turned to slime and mud and ruined the gravel driveway. It was never the same again, getting out of the car into quite mucky ground.

[ElizavetaBathory]

If you leave them on the grass, quite often the grass underneath dies or goes slimy.

[Hoopaloop]

If they're on your grass, run the mower over them. It'll still be growing in this mild weather and the chopped up leaves will rot down and nourish it.

Blowing/raking up leaves more than twice in autumn is full on OCD behaviour. It doesn't benefit you in any way. My garden was under 8" of sycamore leaves from a single tree and it too me ten minutes to rake up as many as I could be bothered to then run the mower over the rest... Job done.

[wowfudge]

We are surrounded by trees and have a steep drive. If we don't keep on top of clearing leaves off the drive, it can quickly become slippery and dangerous. You can get a car stuck just as if it were snow so yes, clear them away. DP has just gone to the tip with some tonne bags full of leaves.