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Lawn Care and Snow Removal

Leaf Removal in Nelsonville

Leaves left sitting smother a lawn and clog gutters and drains. We clear them off your property around Nelsonville before they turn into a wet mat.

What Is Leaf Removal?

Leaf removal is clearing fallen leaves off the lawn, out of the beds and off the hard surfaces, then getting them off the property. We work the open lawn first, pull the leaves out of the bed interiors and the corners where wind collects them, clear the walks and the drive, and haul the material away or stack it where you want it. On a wooded lot in this part of Ohio that usually means more than one visit through the fall, because clearing everything in a single pass only works if every tree drops at once, which they never do.

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Why Is Leaf Removal Necessary?

Leaves are heavier and more damaging than they look once they get wet. A layer sitting on a lawn through a wet southeast Ohio November presses down into a mat that blocks light and traps moisture against the crown of the grass, and what comes out from under it in spring is thin, yellow and often dead in patches. Beyond the lawn, leaves move with the water. They fill gutters, pack into downspouts and block the drains in a parking lot or along a driveway, and a blocked drain in freezing weather turns into standing ice. There is also the plain walking hazard of a wet leaf layer over concrete or steps.

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What Is Required For Leaf Removal?

Mostly we need the timing to make sense. Clearing a yard before the trees are finished means doing it again, so it is worth talking through whether you want one late pass or several through the season. We need to know where the leaves go, meaning hauled off, taken to a spot on the property or put at the curb for a municipal pickup if your town runs one, since that changes how we handle the work. If you want the beds cleared out as well as the lawn, say so, because some beds are better left with a leaf layer in them. Vehicles off the drive and furniture off the lawn makes the pass cleaner.

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