https://www.reddit.com/r/landscaping/comments/1p2cddr/leaves_on_lawn_over_winter/
ETA: I have three tall maple trees, each over 70 feet tall. in addition, I have a vine that drops leaves that is enormous and two smaller trees (an apple and a service berry). We get a lot of leaves. Added this for the folks who were saying that this isn't possible with a lot of trees. I'd also add, we live in a very dry climate.
pretty boring post here…
as follow up – really nothing to report about leaving leaves on my lawn over winter. there was no negative effect to my lawn whatsoever. we did have a very mild winter. many leaves blew away. many leaves decomposed. the rest just got sucked up when I mowed my lawn fir the first time last week.
by Throwingitallaway201
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good to know
I have to rake to pull the leaves up a bit before my first mow each spring. The mower alone isn’t enough to pull up all the wet decomposing leaves. Then I get dead patches all over. Not raking in the fall just means I have to rake in the spring
Caveat to this, too many leaves are definitely a problem. I’ve got a few patched from leaving too many leaves in my yard. A light layer should be fine, but too many in one area snuffs it out.
Our back yard was deemed an “urban forest” by our city. We have roughly 50-60 mature oak, poplar, and maple trees. The poplar trees drop leaves even in the summer, so leaf cleanup for us only breaks between mid December and mid March.
During the fall, if we didnt clean up leaves every other day or so, we would literally have a 3-4 foot covering of leaves in our back yard once everything fell.
We have a TTTF lawn and live in Charlotte NC. We were still mowing our lawn on New Year’s Eve.