of vacuuming leaves and fine debris in large swaths of from 8 to 10 feet wide before mulching and dispersing the debris 11 back on the ground adjacent the mulching apparatus 10 as seen in fig2 the mulching implement 10 is attached to the tractor by a three point hitch arrangement 16 capable of lifting the implement clear of the ground for easy turn around and is further fitted with a flexible upper connection element 18 such as chain commonly utilized in the art for allowing the implement to float or follow the contour of the ground adjustable height swivel wheels 20 located at each corner of the vacuum deck 22 maintain ground clearance and further allow the mulching apparatus 10 to pivot as the tractor maneuvers around obstacles looking now at fig3 we see that the vacuum deck 22 is fitted with polymeric skirts 24 located below the deck 22 and extending the full width of the deck 22 thereby providing a relatively large vacuum box below the deck 22 since no mower blades are utilized with this apparatus a more positive vacuum can be maintained large fan ducts 26 draw debris from openings in the vacuum deck 22 into the intakes of twin high velocity induction fans 28 connected in tandem with their outlets connected to the rotor housing 30 much of the drive mechanism is concealed by the cover 32 seen in fig3 and is therefore better seen exposed in fig4 a drive shaft assembly 34 connectable to the output shaft of the tractor 39 s pto drive running at 540 rpm is connected to a gear box 36 having a 4 to 1 ratio thereby increasing the gear box 36 output to 2 160 rpm pulleys.