10). Eat them: cook them up and serve them as "oatmeal" to your spouse and kids (or market them as a new fibre cereal). — AP, Mike Lafleur and bob

9). Before they become brittle, varnish them and then glue them to the walls in your office. — art denney

8). Rake them up, mix them with 3 tons of papier-mbchi, then craft into the world's largest pumpkin! — The Unknown Camper

7). Sell them to tourists. They'll buy anything if the price is high enough. (Also bring them back as souvenirs for your friends.) — Christopher Lee Cassada

6). Good at weddings... and easier to sweep up than confetti. — Tom Lafleur

5). Get two identical tents, set one up iside the other and stuff the space between with leaves for insulation during those long winter nights. — Suze

4). An economic Halloween costume: coat yourself in rubber cement, roll in leaves, put in fake vampire teeth, and tah-dah! Leaf Pile Monster. (Also the ultimate camoflage suit: soak leaves in liquid starch until they become pliable, strip down naked, apply leaves to bare skin until fully covered. Air dry only.) — Chickadee (and Dan'l B)

3). Throw them in your neighbor's yard. — Brad Oldre

2). "Leaf" 'em alone.... Our planet already has a system. — Michele

1). Pile 'em up, run through 'em, pile 'em up, run through 'em...... — Vann