Put down the rake! Your lawn wants you to mow the fall leaves, expert says

Put down the rake! Your lawn wants you to mow the fall leaves, expert says

One regional expert says that tedious chore of raking leaves can be left until the end of fall. “It’s actually kind of disgusting how easy this can be,” said Mike Goatley, an extension turf grass specialist and professor in the Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences. Now bear in mind, if your community asks you to rake leaves to the curb so a machine can come by, suck them up, and eventually turn them into mulch or compost, thi…