November 7th's Tip
Leaves: With the leaves falling all around us, it's probably time you're thinking about what to do with them all. As a kid, I LOVED jumping in the big piles of leaves (still have doubt that Autumn is my favorite season
), but eventually it's time to do something about them before winter settles in.Bagging the leaves up for the dump seems the simplest solution, but why? Leaves aren't garbage, they're nature, and bagging and dumping them seems silly, to me! How about using that as mulch or compost for your garden?
Using the leaves as mulch is as easy as shredding them up, which you can do with your lawn mower if necessary. Composting is more tedious work and involves much more time, but your garden can definitely benefit from it. You can read more about both options and their differing benefits here.
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This post was written by Stefanie.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Oh how I loved playing with leaves back when I visited my aunt and uncle in the east. It was really fun. Too bad my tree isn't the kind where it sheds nice fall leaves like that.
Quote This CommentNovember 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I just leave the leaves, as you said they are part of nature. So why do anything about them?
Quote This CommentNovember 9th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I am going to let my lawn boy know that is what I what done for now on to my leaves!
Quote This CommentNovember 9th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I love this article. We use our leaves in our compost, but never thought to use it as mulch!
Quote This CommentNovember 10th, 2008 at 2:22 am
I'd love to experience Autumn. We don't have that here.
Quote This CommentNovember 10th, 2008 at 4:21 am
We have a lot of leaves every autumn in our home court, and what we to is shredding them up in the little garden we have. It is not useful as composting, but as we don't have time for that, it is better then trowing it in garbage.
Quote This CommentNovember 11th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I usually shred them up with the lawn mower. While I enjoy looking at them and don't mind them on my lawn, not everyone shares the see feeling as me and eventually those leaves are going to blow on my neighbors lawns.
Quote This CommentNovember 11th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I usually gather all the leaves I have in my garden, and let my kids play with them
Quote This CommentNovember 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Jane, some people rake them up so they don't blow into other people's yards. They are beautiful just sitting there, though, aren't they?
Filipina, we're originally from New England, so we've experienced beautiful Autumns. Unfortunately, they aren't so nice where we live now.
Kelly, at least you are making them useful!
Longitude, that's true. They are beautiful while they last, though.
Stofledning, that was one of my favorite things about the season as a kid
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