Article: Time to leave leaves, and raking ideas.(City/Region)

Byline: Jim Murez The Register-Guard

It is only natural that when it comes time to rake leaves to look for an easier way to move leaves from Point A (point being a very relative term, since leaves are incapable of staying in a point) to Point B (same rule applies here, since, as everyone knows, the inclination of corralled leaves is to scatter).

And here's my question for you: Do you have any tricks/shortcuts that you employ each fall?

My personal tricks: the tarp drag, where I load up the leaves onto a tarp that I drag to my curb. This has more capacity than a wheelbarrow (resulting in fewer trips) and requires no lifting.

Trick No. 2 ...

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