I never had a situation where rakes were insufficient. Even if you want to remove leaves from long grass (for whatever reason), a rake with long prongs is sufficient. Blowers are just about convenience and speed. I hate them with passion, as you cannot block out the noise, even with a closed window and head between pillows. And while the electric ones are a bit better they're still way too noisy.
I don't understand it either why people are so keen on disrupting natural nutrient cycles by removing leaves completely but some municipalities even require it (probably still the bourgeois brainworms of showing off how much land you can waste).
I never had a situation where rakes were insufficient. Even if you want to remove leaves from long grass (for whatever reason), a rake with long prongs is sufficient. Blowers are just about convenience and speed. I hate them with passion, as you cannot block out the noise, even with a closed window and head between pillows. And while the electric ones are a bit better they're still way too noisy.
convenience? you blow your leaves across to your neighbors. then they come out with their leafblowers and blow it back.
back and forth forever.
In suburbanite's mind that's more convenient than raking the leaves from side to side
And why are you removing the leaves from the grass in the first place? The grass is a great place for leaves to be. It’s where they belong.
If you’re using it to move leaves from pavement to the grass I understand more, but we’ve had a tool for that for thousands of years: A broom.
I don't understand it either why people are so keen on disrupting natural nutrient cycles by removing leaves completely but some municipalities even require it (probably still the bourgeois brainworms of showing off how much land you can waste).