I ended up doing it today . Was a 6 hour job. I started the blower at 7:45 AM. To your question.. yes I can blow them into woods .. but look how deep they are. It takes an inordinate amount of time to move that amount of leaf mass.. especially when you have so many flowerbeds and have to blow them out of the bushes , but be careful not to blow out all the mulch. I have a friend.. he’s frugal.. he refuses to spend $600 for a solid horsepower backpack blower and instead insists on using a cheapie handheld that plugs in and rakes like it’s 1982.. I have been trying to convince him for many many years to spend a bit .. to save time , effort and make it easy. He doesn’t understand .