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3 Ways Fallen Leaves Can Improve Your Garden
10.09.2024 - 15:21 / finegardening.com
Green leaves are the energy engines that fuel our gardens. Without them there would be no flowers, no sugars for summer tomatoes, and no cooling or oxygenating the air while growing the mighty trees that give landscapes a sense of time and permanence. A gardener’s admiration of leaves can quickly fade, however, when faced with brown leaves blanketing everything from azaleas to annuals, and patios to pools. Leaves are suddenly a problem, something to manage—in other words, work.
But we all accept that gardening is an activity, and we know well the give and take, the labor and rewards of our chosen pursuit. While fall leaves may call for a bit of labor, one thing they are not is waste. They don’t lose all their value when they hit the ground; they just have a location problem. There are benefits to be harvested from fallen leaves. After all, you’ve already got the rake in your hands, so all it takes is a shift in perspective.
Many of us have long abandoned the bags and are wisely keeping our leaves close to home. If you’re still attached to the feeling of accomplishment that comes when all the leaves in your landscape are rounded up, neatly bagged, and lining the curb, now is the time to swap that for the satisfaction that comes from DIY leaf-cycling. Your landscape has a budget, and fall leaves are garden currency. If you bag and drop, you’re paying someone, through municipal waste fees, to haul that currency off your land. Put this resource to use instead.
When, where, and how to use those leaves depends on the nature of the garden and the gardener. Three main uses exist: as mulch, as a leaf mold amendment for soil, and as a source of carbon for home composting. You’ve got options, so let’s dive in.
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