Dan Reinhart of DR Power Equipment shares the best tips to care for your lawn during the fall season as the leaves pile up on the ground.
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00:00And welcome back to AccuWeather Early, thanks for watching on this Friday morning.
00:09Fall brings crisp weather and colorful foliage, but when those leaves drop, you need a lawn
00:14care plan to protect your yard.
00:16Our own Bree Guy spoke with Dan Reinhart, senior product manager of DR Power, for some
00:22easy fall lawn care tips.
00:26Welcome Dan, thank you so much for joining us.
00:29Yeah, thank you Bree.
00:31Okay, right down to it.
00:32For safety and lawn health, why is it so important to keep your lawn free of leaves?
00:39Yeah, so there's a number of reasons aside from just a general aesthetic.
00:43You know, removing leaves from your lawn not only allows more sunlight to reach your grass,
00:48but also allows moisture to reach the soil and promotes proper air flow,
00:52keeping the lawn killing mold and fungus at bay.
00:56A thick leaf layer can also provide cover for rodents, ticks, and other pests that we
01:00just really don't want around our homes.
01:03Wet leaves can also be a safety hazard, creating slick conditions on decks, stairs, walkways.
01:09Unfortunately, there's plenty of ways to remove the leaves from your property.
01:14You can simply rake leaves into piles to be collected and removed, or invest in a product
01:19like a DR Leaf and Lawn Vac that works similarly to your indoor vacuum, sucking up leaves and
01:24other yard debris so you can easily dispose of it later.
01:28Now, how do you decide the best way to remove leaves from your yard?
01:34Yeah, absolutely.
01:35So really, very specific to your property and what meets your needs, but a couple of
01:41things to help you determine that best leaf and lawn vac solution is, you know, first,
01:47how much time and effort do you want to spend picking up leaves each week?
01:51Raking certainly is the least expensive method in terms of dollars and cents, but also takes
01:57the most time and can be fatiguing, especially on your back and shoulders, particularly in
02:02areas with dense leaf growth.
02:06Second, there certainly is a consideration of where will you put the leaves that you
02:10collect.
02:11Some homeowners with large wooded properties may have an area that they can deposit large
02:16piles of that collected leaves and allow them to break down naturally.
02:20In which case, a tow-behind DR Leaf Vac is a great solution.
02:25For people with smaller properties, you may want to compost everything or bag up the leaves
02:30and utilize their local municipality to pick up those bagged leaves.
02:35In this case, a walk-behind machine, particularly one that accepts standard municipal leaf bags
02:41is a great option.
02:42That way you can pick everything up in one step and bring it to the curb for curbside.
02:48Good information.
02:49You heard it here, folks.
02:50Dan Reinhart, Senior Product Manager of DR Power.
02:53Thank you again for joining us.