Mulch-mow passes, leaf vacuum and haul-off, bed cleanout, and final blow-off across Pickaway, Franklin, Fairfield, Ross, and Fayette counties. Per-visit or season package. Owner-operator. 40-dollar minimum, written quote after the walk.
Fall cleanup isn't one job — it's a sequence of decisions tuned to leaf volume, weather, and what your specific trees drop. We do all five.
When leaf volume is manageable, the best thing for the lawn is to chop the leaves into dime-sized pieces with a mulching deck. The pieces fall into the canopy, decompose by spring, and feed the turf. OSU Extension research shows mulched leaves return measurable nitrogen and potassium to cool-season lawns.
When the canopy drops faster than mulch-mowing can keep up — or when leaves get wet and mat down — we vacuum, bag, and haul off-property. No piling at the curb for the township to maybe pick up.
Leaves in landscape beds hold moisture against shrub bases and rot the crown of perennials. We pull leaves out of beds, rake clear around the base of shrubs, and either mulch them into the lawn or haul them off depending on volume.
Final pass on driveways, sidewalks, patios, decks, and gutters at ground level. Wet leaves on concrete stain it and turn into a slip hazard once they freeze.
On weekly mow customers, fall cleanup rolls into the regular Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday route. The November final mow at 2.5-3 inches doubles as the last leaf-mulch pass.
Central Ohio leaf drop runs early October through mid-December, with the bulk falling November first through Thanksgiving week. Oaks and beeches are the late-droppers that pull a second pass into December.
Book the fall cleanup window now. Heavy-canopy properties — silver maples, oaks, hickories, sycamores — fill the schedule first. Aeration and overseeding wraps up this month, so the fall cleanup slots open right behind it.
First real leaf drop in Central Ohio. Maple and ash come down hard. We start weekly mulch-mow passes on heavy-canopy properties, every 7-10 days. Light-canopy lots can wait for a single November visit.
The busiest leaf month in the five-county area. Most properties get their main cleanup before Thanksgiving. The final mow at 2.5-3 inches goes here, with bagging or vacuuming if the leaf mat is too thick to mulch.
Oaks and some beeches hold leaves into December. A second pass mid-month catches the late drop and gives the lawn a clean head into winter. Smaller properties skip this; heavy oak coverage almost always needs it.
For the full year-round schedule, see the Central Ohio lawn care calendar . Need the broader scope — final mow, winterizer timing, bed cleanout, hardscape pressure-wash — see fall cleanup .
No fixed-rate-per-thousand-square-feet pricing. Leaf volume and bed footprint drive cost far more than turf area, and the only fair quote is one written after the walk.
Book in September to lock a spot in the October-December window. Most properties get their main cleanup before Thanksgiving. Heavy oak coverage usually needs a second mid-December pass for late droppers. Lighter-canopy lots can wait for a single November visit.
Mulching is better for the lawn when leaf volume is manageable. Chopping leaves into dime-sized pieces and dropping them into the canopy returns nitrogen and potassium to the turf — OSU Extension has solid research on this. Bagging makes sense when the leaf mat gets too thick to chop down, when leaves stay wet for days, or in landscape beds where leaves rot the shrub crown.
Ground-level work only — debris off driveways, walks, decks, and around downspouts. We don't climb ladders for gutter cleanout. A gutter contractor handles that and we'll refer one if you need.
Starts at the 40-dollar minimum for small lots. Mid-sized lots run per-visit; heavy-canopy properties usually run a season package across 3-5 visits Oct–Dec. Every quote is written after a property walk or satellite measure — leaf volume, bed footprint, and access drive the number more than square footage does.
Pickaway, Franklin, Fairfield, Ross, and Fayette — covering Circleville, Ashville, Columbus, Grove City, Upper Arlington, Bexley, Grandview Heights, Groveport, Canal Winchester, Pickerington, Lancaster, Baltimore, Chillicothe, Washington Court House, Jeffersonville, and every smaller community in between. Owner lives in Circleville and runs the routes personally.
Owner-operated leaf cleanup across five Central Ohio counties. Mulch-mow, vacuum-and-haul, bed cleanout, and final blow-off — book a written quote in under a minute.
