Leaves!

[chevymaher]

I used to rake and burn them. I find it easier to leaf blow them into a big pile and just run the mulching mower over them. I used to rake a pile 6 feet high and 15 feet wide. Now I just get them spread evenly in the center of the yard and run the mower over them. They sink in the grass or blow away whatever they doing but they are gone and it is much easier.
Now the old fire can just burns the branches that fall out of the tree and slowly build up in the corner by the bushes and fence.