Clearing endless piles of leaves from the lawn and flower beds must be one of the worst gardening jobs. Collecting leaves manually is tiresome and a pain when you’re trying to pull them away from ...

There’s no denying that autumn is looming, but this year, we’re coming to the rescue with some fantastic tools to take the pain out of the chore many of us dread the most: leaf clearing. A thankless ...

Leaf blowers can make easy work of clearing your garden, but only the best models will remove heavy debris without any hassle, while the worst will struggle to pick up damp leaves and are a nightmare ...

Our field tests of corded and cordless leaf blowers and vacs are designed to sort the outstanding models from the poor machines that require too much effort to collect leaves. We assessed each model ...

The vacuum shreds leaves too, mulching them into pieces small enough for composting. Many models have a blower function so you can gather the leaves into a pile before vacuuming them – easy peasy.

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