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Resource Articles from Gilbert Smith, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
and Lesley Bruce Smith, ISA Certified Arborist
Why waste natural resources in your own back yard?
Backyard Wisdom - November, 2020
by: Gilbert A Smith, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
I didn't rake any leaves in my landscape this fall. I never rake leaves. That’s not because I have someone else do it, nor is it because I’m lazy, (though that point can be debated). It’s because leaf raking is a waste of my time and a waste of the fuel that powers our back yard ecosystem.
