The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for November 26, 2018

If you want them raked, then you can rake them.

They obviously don’t live in a Homeowner Association. If you don’t do what the HA wants, you get fined. If you don’t pay the fines, you can end up losing your house. So, if you don’t want to rake the leaves, hire someone to do it…

Who wants to provide food & shelter to insects?

Mohandas Thornapple strikes out.

Set the lawn mower up to mulch and grind them up, the earthworms will love you for it.

You will have to come up with a better excuse than that, Brutus.

Yes, many insects eat destructive and other wise harmful or pesky insects such as chiggers and mites.

I haven’t raked leaves in decades. Instead I run my mulching mower over them and either return the clippings to the soil, or, with the bag attached, add the clippings to the mulching pile. I do this with a few neighbors, too.

I use a mulching mower letting them fertilize the grass.

And then there is ‘snow mold’ that happens when snow lays on leaves for prolonged periods.. nasty stuff.