# Would you/ should you rake the leaves at house you sold? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781 "2017-10-25T03:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781/21 "2017-10-26T16:30:32Z")
It’s your house until closing. Rake the leaves. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781/22 "2017-10-26T16:41:12Z")
Another vote for rake the leaves until they have the keys. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781/23 "2017-10-26T16:55:47Z")
Compromise. Rake the leaves but do a half-assed job. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781/24 "2017-10-26T17:16:01Z")
Where I live, we spell rake, "w i n d’. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781/25 "2017-10-26T17:25:38Z")
I always cringe at the thought of hauling off leaves, great compost, great source of carbon. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781/26 "2017-10-26T17:35:44Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I always cringe at the thought of hauling off leaves, great compost, great source of carbon. It can be too much of a good thing though. I mulch and leave grass clippings all year. But oak leaves are poor compost and take 10 years to break down. The tannic acid (iirc) makes for bad compost. The rest of the leaves that I have at least are excellent however. Though again the maple leaves are too much of a good thing for me. So once a year they go out to the street for collection. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781/27 "2017-10-26T18:58:44Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I always cringe at the thought of hauling off leaves, great compost, great source of carbon. I chop mine up with the mower and direct them around the bottom of the very trees that dropped them. Free mulch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-should-you-rake-the-leaves-at-house-you-sold/799781.md?page=1)