My top picks for the best ways to clean up acorns from your yard.
Power broom acorns.
So a lot of you have raked up the acorns from your yard and scooped them into some kind of container to get rid of them.
Dragging a rake across a lawn will trap acorns and gather them in a pile.
You can buy the broom or rent it from lowes or home depot.
Rake the acorns into a large pile using a broom rake that has thin flexible tines.
Using a power broom is also a great way to clean up acorns.
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Alternatively rake the acorns onto a tarp and gather.
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Tarps depending on the size of your tree you may have success by laying a series of tarps on the ground around the base and shaking or manipulating the.
In addition to picking up debris such as leaves and pine needles lawn sweepers can also help you manage pine cones acorns and twigs.
You could choose to purchase one or just rent it.
A power broom is simply a sweeper with a lot of power behind it.
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Renting is far easier since the maintenance is already taken care.
Raking up acorns is also very time consuming.
A shop vacuum with a wide hose can make short work of fallen acorns but the efficiency of this method is reliant upon the power of the vacuum and the size and volume of acorns on the ground.
Unfortunately a rake is not an ideal tool for this task because it also gathers leaves rocks sticks dirt and even some grass.
Just as the name suggests a power broom is a sweeper that has a lot of power behind it.
That is the way it s been done in the past and it still works.
A rake is a classic tool for picking up acorns.
Scoop up the acorns with a flat shovel for disposal.
Using the power broom is easy as all you need to do is to sweep the acorns in a pile then scoop them up into large garbage bags.
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All you need to do is sweep the acorns up into a pile then.
5 use a power broom.
Use a power broom.