Listen, I’m not saying I’m a leaf raking maximalist but it aerates the soil and collects dead grass in a way that leaf blowing just can’t do https://image.nostr.build/675e11eb090b4b5682b467fd08d9068ede6fa35e0d2ead9e42041ab8ed212da2.jpg  

 I just mulch mow the light stuff on the back 40 

 I like this idea 

 I have been informed by my better half that the word I am looking for is “dethatch”