I second the compost pile suggestion. My back yard has three big compost bins, which get filled once or twice a year, with leaves from the trees and/or clippings from the English ivy that covers about half the fences. Yeah, I'd love to get rid of the ivy completely, but I don't know that I could get the neighbors to go along with it.
I don't shred the tree leaves - mostly they are smallish pittosporum leaves. But shredding the ivy clippings is essential both to promote composting and reducing volume. For that I have a Patriot chipper/shredder.
I've tried my walk-behind mover with a bag for cleaning up the tree leaves from the courtyard, but it spits out so much dust I prefer to rake and sweep instead. And the bag fills too quickly anyway. I would guess that a lawn vacuum would also spit out a lot of dust. Since the courtyard is adjacent to the house, garage, and carport, keeping dust to a minimum is a good thing.
I don't shred the tree leaves - mostly they are smallish pittosporum leaves. But shredding the ivy clippings is essential both to promote composting and reducing volume. For that I have a Patriot chipper/shredder.
I've tried my walk-behind mover with a bag for cleaning up the tree leaves from the courtyard, but it spits out so much dust I prefer to rake and sweep instead. And the bag fills too quickly anyway. I would guess that a lawn vacuum would also spit out a lot of dust. Since the courtyard is adjacent to the house, garage, and carport, keeping dust to a minimum is a good thing.
