Hmmhmmm raking,bagging,composting or mulching the question is now...

Laziness prompted me to read a bit about cleaning up fall leaves (and my neighbour who seems to spend all his free time crouching in the hedges) and this is what I came up with;

You can

1-rake and bag- The bags cost too much, the collections service has limited day pick up, and the lawn just looks –umm--- bereft , unnatural.

2-blow into your neighbor’s yard when they're not home. I would certainly never ever do this, but if your neighbor has a lot of time on their hands maybe you’re doing them a favor by supplying hours of recreation.

For this method, you do need to know their schedule and when they’re not home, and monitor meteorological/wind conditions so if they suspect anything, you can blame it on the wind.

3-mulch- use the mulcher on your lawn mower or just mow over leaves repeatedly. Best done when leaves are dry. The little particles will bring a lot of nutrients to your lawn and garden. Make sure the layer is sparse/modest.

Leave on lawn, the worms will take care of the rest. Too much will kill lawn, so make sure it’s not thicker than one inch. With leftover leaves make a pile in one spot, mow over several times and sprinkle around hedges and trees. Don’t use to bury roots.

4-compost The Greeks, Romans, Arabs composted.

From Hamlet comes the line "spread the compost on the weeds, to make them ranker!"

Cheap, environmentally conscious .Requires some thought, building a receptacle and turning over and stuff and is just too much for me.

5.make your own mulching machine. I’ve actually tried this and it works. Use your weed whacker, with a good blade. Load up garbage can with leaves, immerse weed eater, then you have to cover with something, like a garbage bag attached to weed whacker like a skirt and whack away.

From what I read, the mulch will do miracles for your soil and your flowers won’t grow eleven feet in one week like they do with chemical sprayers and it’s perfect for your veggie garden.