Can’t beat that with a stick; nice job.
After the sidewalk, driveway apron, landscaping, irrigation system and mulch was completed, I had to do lawn repairs/re-seeding and use salt marsh hay (no weed seeds) to cover the areas, which extended into the side and back yards. All straw and leaves had to be raked-off before any mowing.
The new grass seedlings had come-in very nicely, but needed a mowing before winter. I had a friend stop by with his walk-behind mower so we wouldn't rut the soft ground with Dad's heavy riding mower, and cut the grass to 1½". Mowing the grass now toughens seedlings for upcoming frost and snow, and lets them begin underground root division, so that they come-in lush and thick in the spring.
I hand-raked the front acre of all leaves and straw, and will get the side and back 2½-acres early in the spring, since those areas were seeded 2-3 weeks later and just aren't ready for cutting. This is the debris just from the front acre.
There's a lot of nice compost material there, and all over the York area. I miss my 10,000+ ton compost pile at the old Family Farm.
