Dave, here where I live I have two "scrub oak" trees (the ones with the small leaves)
I have to rake my yard all winter long or it will be buried in two or three inches of these little 2" long by 1" wide leaves, they get EVERYWHERE!
I rake every week in hopes of keeping the yard clear.... yeah right....
I rake so much my sand is disappearing slowly and the tree roots are starting to show....
I hear lots of folks have a dump truck come down from upper Alabama with some dirt to build their yards back up.
I think I will just wait until next year and have some folks come in and re-sod my yard

I was thinking about getting a red-neck yacht (pontoon boat), so I could join the folks over in Destin for the week end yacht club meets.