[ProfessorM]

I prefer to compost them as they are still a little too big to be left on the lawn, esp. maple leaves. I take all the neighbors leaves too and roto them into the garden and also mulch all my shrubs with them. Cheaper than wood chips and way more beneficial for the plants. Raking is way better for the lawn as it drags out the crap and stuff in the lawn, I can't think of the word right now, which helps the health of the lawn but I am too lazy to rake all the lawn. As it is I try and eliminate some of my lawn every year with plantings and shrubs. Lawns, good looking lawns that is, require way too much work and chemicals to make it worth while to me.