Thanks, Sandie!! It makes me feel like I'm temporarily in New England. We don't have all those gorgeous trees down here. I do have some maples, sycamores, and a few other "northern" trees. We can't burn them either. We have to bag them and put them at the road for pickup. When I was doing the mowing, I also mulched them with the lawn mower. Thank goodness, I have someone that comes once a week and does it for me now.

Do you bag your's, let them sit until they mold and use them or put them on the garden right away? I used to use leaf mold on all my plants but not anymore. I have seen people stop and load the leaf bags in their trucks from what I leave at the road. Leaf mold is an excellent mulch. Especially for our azaleas.