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Or you could scoop the leaves up with your gloved hands and put them in the wheelbarrow like we did when we were kids...

Wow, he invented... a dustpan.

A large plastic garbage can with flat sides works just as well. Seems like leaves would spill out of the slot when you pick it up.

I think the benefit compared to scooping up with your hands is you don't have to stoop and possibly strain your back. Apartment dwellers who don't have a garage or lots of storage might benefit from something they can flat pack away, even if it looks like a large dustpan :)

we use a blanket for this job. lay it down near the pile of leaves, rake the leaves onto it, and pull or carry (needs 2 people) it to the curb.

"Apartment dwellers who don't have a garage or lots of storage might benefit from something they can flat pack away, even if it looks like a large dustpan :)"

You mean like this? http://www.selftrading.co.uk/images/cardboard-box-8.jpg

;-P

I should clarify that the idea with a flat-sided garbage can (which is what I use), or a cardboard box for that matter, is that you lay it on its side and rake the leaves straight into it. You're not "stooping and scooping." ;-)

I like it. I'd rather use something that re-uses old cardboard than but a new garbage can just for leaf sweeping, and it looks like it would be easier for one person to lift and carry than a big square cardboard box would be, and also to fold up flat and store between leaf-sweepings

we just use a tarp and rake leaves onto it. then drag it to the curb. works great!

I'm with brand-eye: tarp and rake.

Third: tarp and rake.

um no! you need a large rake and a large scooper shovel. Rake into the Scooper and hold the rake over the leaves so they don't fall out. Put into compost bin.