i have a question for people who live in Florida?

Question

do you guys have to rake leaves every autumn, like we do in New England? or is there different kinds of leaves, etc. to rake??

Answer 1

How funny!
I hate raking leaves.
I find it much easier to run over them with my riding lawn mower.
I guess by now you have surmised I'm a redneck. If being from Arkansas fulfills the requirement of a redneck them I'm every bit of one.
I have lived in Florida one year of my adult life and can tell you this: Florida covers a wide spectrum from north to south.
It gets cold enough for leaves to turn and fall in northern Florida.
However, around the Fort Lauderdale and Miami area there is not much of a cold spell.
It got close to freezing in the early hours a few time in the year I was there only to find itself up to 65 degrees during the day.
In the warmer areas of Florida you will find a lot of evergreen.
Plenty of Palm Tree's don't you know.

Answer 2

There are not a lot of deciduous trees to drop leaves in the fall/winter in South Florida. One of the indigenous trees that does drop is the Bald Cypress. It is a type of conifer that thrives in the swamps, so no raking required there. Palm trees tend to drop fronds all year round and they are often too big for a garbage can let alone a rake. I have never seen anyone rake leaves in Florida..The landscapers use blowers to blow away the leaf drop that we do get which is a light all year round affair.

Answer 3

"Fall" isn't as nearly as impressive in Florida as it is up North. Actually, it isn't pretty at all.

I don't think people rake leaves in Florida. I guess some people do, but the oak leaves down here are tiny and not really worth raking up! We also have a lot of sycamore... those are really ugly in FL. They look yellow all the time! No pretty maples like there are up north.

I don't mind it though... just means that cold weather is coming, and that means snow up north... in FL that means beautiful warm winters!!

Answer 4

Hi, I live in Central Florida Zone 9 and we definately have to rake...lol We have lots of Oaks and they have many small leaves. Also have some Magnolia's and those are very large and more difficult to rake. Many green bags with leaves or I put them in the flower beds, mostly like to put them in the flower beds... Deb

Answer 5

Smiles,

I live in Central Florida, and yes we have many varieties of deciduous trees, especially Oak. They do lose leaves, and renew each spring. The leaf loss to other deciduous happens too, and all of it depends on the weather and temps. It does get cold here too,,, though not like New England.

There are also varieties of trees here that wouldn't do well in New England, such as many varieties of palm,,, but theyt need maintenance too in a residential setting. They need "leaves"///branches trimmed, some grow seed pods that need removal, and they eventually also lose outer layers of all the residue in building their trunks.

Florida may be the SunShine State, and different than New England, but it's not Mars.

Rev. Steven

Answer 6

I live in the Tampa Bay area and I have to rake leaves in my yard at different times of the year due to the types of trees I have (oak, birch and Magnolia along with the different palms). the worst is the magnolia that drops leaves in spring and fall (in late summer it drops "combs" sort of like a pine comb) but it is worth it for the blooms.

Answer 7

I live in southwest Florida. Some of our trees loose their leaves for a short period of time during part of the year. A flowering tree in my back yard drops it leaves in Dec to Feb, A flowering in my front yard drops it leaves in early spring. It then flowers just before the new leaves come out. The front tree fills 2 to 3 large garbage cans with flowers each spring.

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Answer 9

I use to live in FL. I raked pinestraw instead of leaves.'