What do you do with a leaf blower?

[LemonViolet]

What the question says!

Ok, I know, blow leaves and debris. But how/why? How is blowing stuff around helpful? Isn’t it easier just to rake stuff into piles and pick it up?

I have one as a hand me down. Trying to figure out what to do with it!

Well, literally, blow leaves

It is MUCH easier than raking. Saves SO much time and does the job MUCH more efficiently.

But only in Autumn..... I mean that's when it is useful, obvs.

Weirdly I have thought this recently! It's just blowing them around / somewhere else? Not getting rid of them! What's the point?

DH got one ... blew the leaves off the lawn onto the flower beds. Thanks, mate.
A leaf sucker would be much better.

Eh you blow them into piles them pick the piles up, much easier than raking.

On a green space near my house there is an ongoing feud between a man who blows all the leaves away from his property into huge banks and the guy who lives opposite him who blows them all back. It's been going on for years apparently!

We have a lot of hard surfaces- patio and driveway. I use it to clear them. I do it before mowing the lawn so all the debris gets mowed up.

I meant to add I just leave the leaves on the lawn. I don't understand why others don't.

@Kottbullar that is tree-mendus (sorry)

I don't understand why others don't.
You don't bay-leave it? (also sorry)

Give it away on Facebook.

I got rid of mine. By the time I got it out and plugged it in with the extension lead and emptied it (the sucker) it was just quicker and less fuss to rake and pick up!

They’re amazing for getting bonfires going/keeping them going/bringing them back to life the next day.

We also use ours for blowing the pea shingle off the path, and generally tidying up after gardening, oh, and the obvious blowing leaves into manageable piles.

I meant to add I just leave the leaves on the lawn. I don't understand why others don't.

Depends how many - we get enough to damage the lawn.
And also if you've got a dog... it's a lot harder to find where he's been on a leaf-strewn lawn.

Raked up (or blown I suppose) into heaps, stuffed into old compost sack and then left for 2-3 years yields lovely leaf mould.

Hmm my garden is roughly 5m x 25m, I can’t envisage efficiently blowing leaves into a pile - feels like it’d just be blowing them all over the place! Especially as I want to reduce lawn a lot for more planting.

There is a large deciduous tree just over the fence from us though, so I’ll hang on the to the blower for now and maybe give it a go in the autumn.

I agree a leaf sucker/garden vacuum seems much more sensible! I mean we don’t go around our houses blowing dust and dirt into piles do we.

On a green space near my house there is an ongoing feud between a man who blows all the leaves away from his property into huge banks and the guy who lives opposite him who blows them all back. It's been going on for years apparently!
It does sound like leaf blowers are most useful for inadequate men to wage pissing contest wars with!

I have a leaf hoover so just hoover up all the leaves and then pop in brown bin

Well my neighbour blows the away from his front garden and the street outside his garden into our garden and the road.

Leaf blowing is weirdly satisfying! They’re only really worthwhile in a large garden though, otherwise raking is quicker. I blow my leaves into a long pile along the side of my garden, and some under my shrubbery, for wildlife to use over the winter.

I don't blow leaves at all with mine. I use it for blowing bits off of the patio and gravel drive. It's brilliant, much quicker and more effective than sweeping/raking.

We have a big patio and it clears all the leaves and dirt off in seconds,it's fab.

They are really good for making noise and annoying your neighbours.

Other things, not so much.

Idiot DH bought one a couple of houses ago and it's now gathering dust somewhere.

Ours is a blower and sucker, combined. The blowing action is not much use but nowadays we, on a dry day:
rake the leaves into a corner
mow them several times w/o the box (i.e. cut into small pieces)
pick up all the small pieces with the blower sucker
put into plastic sacks to make leaf mould.