The leaves on the lawn in my yard don’t satisfy my leaf craving, so I go trolling the curb for bags and bags of my neighbors’ leaves, too.  I’m sure I raise some eyebrows, like when I raid their cardboard on recycle day, but I can’t help it.

I could (and do) put them as is in the compost heap, but I really prefer them mulched.  They decompose faster and easier when they’ve been pulverized.

Here are the two big bags from the top picture, emptied out:

Then I spread them out with a rake thin enough to mow:

After mowing:

Where did they go?

Here they are, raked into rows:

This is more than the two bags.  More like 8 or 10.

It can go on the compost pile to layer with greens for awesome compost or use it as mulch.