We had a riding lawn mower with two giant leaf catchers in the back. Hubby taught me to go over the yard first to mulch and then the next time pick up the shredded leaves.It worked but I was constantly emptying the cans..I could do at least 20 in the front yard..and probably 30 in back..I had to pay for special lawn pickup in the fall.
I tried to get the giant oak tree cut down one year and they told me they couldn't they were protected. All they could do was trim superficial limbs..not major ones...I told them whoever passed that law needed to come and clean up the leaves!..
And all those gumballs...those suckers are sharp..they gave me a flat more than once.
I also had a fence..the leaves stayed in my yard...if I had known before the fence was installed..........
The leaves would be several feet deep . And in the front..all the neighbors would blow in my yard!
But I loved to look at my yard when I was finished..I would sit on the back sunporch and just look at how pretty it was...then I would wake up the next day to look at it..and it was covered again!...
Snoozy..