The particular aromas and colors of Autumn are in the air, and it is a great time of year for people who love to get outside the house. Fall, with its changing shades and crisp clean air can be anyone's favorite season. That is actually, unless you are the one who has to rake up all the Autumn leaves.

Raking and bagging leaves is one of the most arduous tasks that many home owners will have to face each year. Whether your own yard is full of trees or your neighbor's trees seem to deposit almost all their leaves in your lawn, you may want to contemplate investing in a lawn vacuum to help make your job a little easier.

There are actually three basic types of leaf vacuums- hand held, push, and driving versions are all offered. You can pick which type you need depending on the size of the task you have. If you have a small yard, or need to work in smaller areas like those between landscaping design items, you will want to look into a hand held model. For those who have a bigger property with lots of wide open spaces, a walk behind or "push"ÃÂ model is your best bet. For gigantic yards with lots of trees and leaves, a riding leaf lawn vacuum can turn this big job into a drive in the park.

Portable designs can be an useful tool for the homeowner without an extremely large area to cover. Most of the handheld styles also serve as blowers, which can be great for both leaves and snow. When you are ready to use the hand-held type as a vacuum, simply flip a switch and fasten a bag to collect the leaves. Handheld models are designed for freshly fallen leaves which haven't gotten damp or packed down as they primarily have small motors that don't offer a lot of pull.

Walk behind vacuums appear as well as work comparable to walk behind lawn mowers. Most styles either shred or mulch the leaves as they collect them, then move the leaves to a bag that can later be emptied like a lawn mower bag. For anyone who is a serious gardener, you may find that the mulch created by this type of device is very useful for your garden or flowerbed as you winterize it. Since walk behind models can't maneuver into small spaces, you may still wind up doing some raking.

For a very large lawn with a lot of trees, you may want to think about buying a riding leaf vacuum. The riding vacuum resembles a riding mower, but instead of the cutting blade on the bottom, riding models have a vacuum. The benefit to this type of leaf vacuum is the fact that it can clean huge swaths of lawn very quickly, and most have very strong motors. Riding vacuums have large leaf bags which don't have to be emptied as often, so you spend more time cleaning and far less time emptying bags.

No matter what size your yard is, a leaf vacuum is one way to transform one of falls' toughest tasks into something a little more pleasurable. Who knows, with the right leaf vacuum, maybe the kids might volunteer to rake the property this year.

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