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Rake leaves a lot quicker

Join our newsletter to be notified when the newest Reader Organizing Tip is available. One of the things I always do to rake leaves is to lay out a tarp. The leaves are then scooped into the tarp. Using one is so much easier than leaf bags. But it was still taking me a lot of time to rake the lawn because we have a ton of large trees. While walking around Home Depot yesterday, it occurred to me that I could rake leaves a lot quicker if I was using a much larger rake. Now I’m able to scoop up double the leaves than I could with my smaller rake, without any additional effort! This fabulous reader tip was submitted by Jack Klinger

Great fall tip!

Use the legs of old, metal, TV trays to help make fall leaf pick-up a snap. Just turn them upside down. I found that big, black bags fit over them nicely and stay open to put fall leaves in. Sure beats having to struggle to keep a bag open! In addition, I use old, big dog food bags instead of buying the plastic ones for the leaves. The dog food bags also fit over the metal legs of a snack table and stay open for leaves or what the dog leaves behind in my yard too. This fabulous reader tip was submitted by Pam Rymanowicz Back to Reader Organizing Tips Index