Short version: If your Avon lawn is covered again a week or two after you cleared it, the oaks are the reason. Oaks (and Norway maples) drop late and slowly, and many hold dead leaves on the branch into winter. Because Avon has no town leaf pickup, whatever lands...
Short version: Blacklegged (deer) ticks survive the winter in damp leaf litter, and Connecticut research found most ticks on home lawns within about 9 feet of the lawn’s edge, where grass meets woods, walls and plantings. Many Avon properties border woodland, so...
Short version: With no town leaf pickup in Avon, you have three ways to deal with fall leaves. Mulch-mow them if the layer is light enough that grass still shows after mowing. Haul them to the Avon Transfer Station yourself if you have a permit, a vehicle that can...
Short version: In Avon, leaf drop usually starts with black walnut, ash and birch in late September and early October, peaks with red and sugar maples from mid-October into early November, and finishes with oaks, which shed slowly through late November and into...
Short version: The Town of Avon doesn’t collect leaves at the curb, and it doesn’t provide curbside trash or recycling service either. Every leaf on your property stays there unless you mulch it in, haul it to the Avon Transfer Station yourself with a...
