People who live in certain areas round here are lucky enough to have their leaves collected. All they need to do is get them to the kerb and a truck comes by and collects them all up. It is probably harder than it looks, as those huge old trees DO produce a lot of leaves ;) and it is nice to see the neighbourhood all working with their rakes and leaf blowers to get the leaves off their gardens. Harry and I worked very hard raking and bagging ours yesterday and the garden hardly looks any better as more leaves have fallen since then!