Falling Leaves

What exactly did people do before they came out with the baggers that you could attach to your lawn tractors. Last night Jim had all the leaves picked up in our yard. Right now, this is how our yard looks. He is going to faint when he pulls in the driveway. Plus our trees still have alot of leaves in them that have not fallen yet. I cannot imagine the days when you had to rake them by hand. Maybe that is why when we moved in this house years ago in November, the yard was full of leaves and the grass was dead from years of the leaves having not been picked up. Thank goodness there is technology.