BASALT – Basalt resident Bernard Moffroid wants to know what’s wrong with a good old-fashioned rake to collect leaves, and a broom to sweep dust. The high pitch of leaf blowers interrupts the ...

It’s important to keep your home and the area surrounding your home neat and clean. There is a lot of dust inside your house, especially if you live in urban areas with busy roads and heavy pollution.

They’re used to clean off sidewalks and driveways and to quickly gather leaves, but leaf blowers aren’t just for yard work anymore. The superpowered blower can significantly cut the time it takes to ...

About leaf blowers, in my mind the damage that blowers make is extensive and in ways that are seldom mentioned. Blowing leaves around does not do the most damage. It is making dust fly around for ...

To the editor: Leaf blowers (dust blowers, in my terms) accomplish little and are a daily nuisance here in Van Nuys. (“Add this to the list of things I’ll never miss: The gas-powered leaf blower,” ...

RE “Sound and Fury in the Garden” [Aug. 18]: The article was excellent and long overdue! I agree with your observations and remembrances of the time before those leaf blowers and other unnecessary ...