A weed is a plant that is not only in the wrong place, but intends to stay.
- Sara Stein

Lawn Sweepers Keep Your Yard Tidy

If you live in a heavily wooded area and dread the thought of going through another fall season filled with long afternoons of raking leaves, then you may want to take a close look at lawn sweepers. Lawn sweepers are designed to quickly sweep up a light layer of leaves and debris and deposit it into a holding bin, which you can easily empty into your compost bin when it is filled. Using one of these sweepers turns a time consuming, unpleasant chore into a simple, enjoyable task.

When you are shopping for lawn sweepers, you should consider whether you want a push sweeper or a sweeper attachment for your riding mower. A push sweeper maneuvers easily between trees, shrubs and other obstacles, while a riding mower with a sweeper attachment needs much more space to move. If you have a densely landscaped yard, you may want to opt for a push sweeper. However, this sweeper is more time consuming to use than a riding mower with a sweeper attachment, since it has a smaller deck, which is the width that a sweeper can cover in one pass. Well designed sweepers have pneumatic wheels so that they can easily handle big loads and a wind apron, which helps keep leaves and debris from blowing back in your face.

Besides removing a light dusting of leaves and debris, lawn sweepers have other benefits. A lawn sweeper isn’t as noisy or dirty as a leaf blower, so you can use it at all hours of the day. This is especially important if you live in a town or city that has banned leaf blowers because they create too much noise pollution. Also, many people use a sweeper to clean up the lawn before they cut their grass. The sweeper removes twigs, stones, and other debris. This is important because stones and sticks that are left on the lawn could nick the lawn mower’s blades or fly up when the mower goes over them and break a nearby window or injure you. The sweeper also lifts the grass blades so that the lawn mower can cut your lawn more evenly.

Finally, if you have a thick layer of leaves to sweep up, lawn sweepers may not be up to the task. For this job, you may need a lawn vacuum. A lawn vacuum is powered by gas or electricity and sucks up the leaves without being as loud and annoying as a leaf blower.