When the leaves start to fall, I know a lot of work is coming. After about 2/3 of the leaves have fallen, there is no ground to be seen. The entire yard and the end of the driveway are completely brown. It actually makes it difficult to pull into the driveway - I have to look further up to see where the garage is.
After about 4 hours and 20 fully stuffed trashbags, it looks like a yard again.
It's a small price to pay for the rest of the year though...
Here's another picture of it