I made leafmould this year for the first time (I moved house last year to a place with a lot of mature trees) and I was amazed how easy it was. Much easier than composting.
I just raked them up and piled them up. They're hemmed in in an open-fronted wooden bay; not much ventilation apart from the front and the top. I guess about about 2 cubic metres all-in-all, once I'd squashed the pile down. Some of them I did mow up from the lawn (so there were some grass cuttings mixed in with those) but the majority just went in whole. No turning, I just ignored it for a year, except to give it a dousing with the hose during dry spells - only 2 or 3 times over the summer. Now a year on, it's all completely broken down into lovely dark crumbly stuff, even the oak leaves have gone (which I was told would break down more slowly).
if you have room for a pile, this is the easiest thing you could ever do!
I agree that making leaf mould is not about disposing of the leaves so much as creating a really useful resource for potting compost, adding bacteria to the soil and mulching over the winter. It takes time to break down but is worth saving. I use a large wooden bin made from some old doors and it works well. I think the key (and the reaon plastic sacks sometimes do not work) is that the leaves have to be moist to break down, and shredding before putting them in the heap makes a big difference to the speed at which they rot down. I suspect that if you don't have room for a bin a pile of leaves left out but covered with netting or similar to stop them blowing away would also work reasonably well.
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I just raked them up and piled them up. They're hemmed in in an open-fronted wooden bay; not much ventilation apart from the front and the top. I guess about about 2 cubic metres all-in-all, once I'd squashed the pile down. Some of them I did mow up from the lawn (so there were some grass cuttings mixed in with those) but the majority just went in whole. No turning, I just ignored it for a year, except to give it a dousing with the hose during dry spells - only 2 or 3 times over the summer. Now a year on, it's all completely broken down into lovely dark crumbly stuff, even the oak leaves have gone (which I was told would break down more slowly).
if you have room for a pile, this is the easiest thing you could ever do!