Editor:
It is almost time - beautiful leaves falling off beautiful trees.
Hate raking? Then don't. Leave them. Don't complain.
Be thankful for having beautiful trees, a house and a garden. Most don't. Environment Canada recommends leaving them on the lawn until Mother's Day.
Then, if you like, run your electric lawn mower over them in mulch mode to provide nutrients for your grass. Leaving the leaves on your lawn and garden over the fall, winter and early spring protects the lawn and provides habitat for bugs and insects.
These, in turn, provide much needed food for birds and pollinators which help fight climate change.
Enjoy the extra free time from not raking up the leaves.
V. Gorman
