What a SPECTACULAR growing season we had! And once again, it is wind-down time. With beautiful Fall comes a lot of preparation for next Spring.
When the leaves start coming, and coming, and coming.......... we often become disconnected with our gardens. We are now focused on how to manage and eliminate all those leaves. BUT WAIT, don't discard this valuable resource.
Here are a few simple tips I'd like to share.
- LEAVES make great compost!
- Compost LEAVES from healthy trees only.
- Please don’t make the mistake of wasting this VALUABLE and FREE source of organic matter and nutrients.
- LEAVES work well for winter mulch for roses, root vegetables and any perennial flowers.
- Chop them well with a lawnmower and then mix with an equal weight of green yard waste to make the best compost possible. Also known as " BLACK GOLD".
- Mix some of the chopped leaves right into your garden beds to feed and keep soil soft.
- Leaves are a valuable resource for gardeners.
VALUABLE and FREE. And we ALL can use some of that!!
So save and use the leaves.
This is recycling at it’s finest.
One note: DO NOT USE BLACK WALNUT
LEAVES. They produce a toxic substance that can be harmful to other
plants.
Kim in the Garden ~~
