Tired Of Raking? This Nifty Tool Will Change The Way You Clean Up Fallen Leaves

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Few things can rival the beauty of a garden during the autumn months. As fallen leaves in beautiful golden and crimson hues cover your yards, it's easy to see what makes an autumn garden particularly breathtaking. But despite creating a stunning scene, if left untouched, those gorgeous leaves can damage your lawn, stain your concrete, and pose a slipping hazard. While leaving a smaller amount of leaves on your lawn can actually benefit the grass, it's important to remove fallen leaves before they pile up. Now, you might be thinking: Cue the arduous task of raking! Luckily, you don't necessarily have to rake the dead leaves on your lawn. You can use an effective rake alternative, specifically a leaf blower-vacuum combo, to get the job done faster and more easily.

This handy tool is a subtype of a leaf blower, sporting all the same capabilities. But it comes with a twist: In addition to blowing leaves from your lawn, it can also vacuum them up. With some models, all you have to do to access the desired mode is flip a switch, while others might require installing a bag. Instead of dealing with the physically demanding, long chore of raking up fallen leaves, you can just let the tool suck them all up and move on with your day. It's also a great solution if your rake is doing a bad job of raking the leaves in your yard.

As an all-in-one solution for blowing and vacuuming leaves, this rake and standard leaf blower alternative will change the way you remove fallen leaves from the yard. When you're ready to tackle the leaf piles in your garden, you just have to start the tool and point it at them. It will suck up the leaves into a bag, which you can wear on your back for some brands. Once the bag is full, all you have to do is empty its contents into your garbage bin or set them aside to use as mulch. The tool generally chops up the leaves as it goes, so the waste you end up with is easier to manage.

Blower-vacuum combos are not without their downsides, though. For one, their bags can only pick up a small amount of leaves before filling up and needing to be emptied. Sticks and twigs around your yard can also find their way into the tool and jam it, as it's unable to mulch them. Still, if your yard isn't all that large and you don't usually let fallen leaves pile up, this tool can save you considerable amounts of time and effort while you're tending to your garden all throughout autumn.