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Clearing up fallen leaves is hard work, but those leaves can protect and feed your plants, as well as reducing the amount of watering, weeding and digging you need to do next year.
In this video we explain how fallen leaves are a great free resource to improve your soil, and demonstrate how to use them as mulch to reduce weeds, increase water retention and protect plants from cold weather.
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Thanks for sharing these helpful tips for homeowners.
Nice ideas. What is the difference between leaf mold and composting?
Interesting note pine needles do not actually acidity anything. By the time they have decayed enough they are pH neutral.
I'm concerned about mulching with leaves, as here in rainy Seattle wet leaves are slug haven (we have to clear leaves from anywhere near our garden, as the slugs hide out underneath them). Is there a way to mulch with leaves in a rainy climate, without encouraging snails and slugs?
What about the leaves that fall onto my drive from v tall roadside trees? Too polluted?
Omg its October 25, 2015 2 years since this video was made
You've been watchin' too many editions o' gardener's world lad! I remember Geoff Hamilton shovellin' ;eaves into bin bags an' forkin' air 'oles in 'em.
I've been adding a thick layer of grass clippings to all of my Raised Beds this Fall…and Now I'm adding a thick layer of shredded leaves. Rather than disturb my soil, I plan to add bags of cow manure and topsoil this weekend to cover them up. I'm hoping it all decomposes enough by the time I'm ready to use them in the spring. It's unusually warm still, here in Nebraska, so I'm counting on the Earthworms to help this be a success. I suppose I should water the beds also. Ideally, I'd like to add more height to my frames and keep building it up!
Excellent advice. Thank you
Back to Eden gardening…USE WOODCHIPS. Look it up
I have a big flower garden filled with leaves that I have never cleaned out before… since I’m starting a veggie garden this year, I think I will go digging for gold 🙂
I just cover my beds with whole leaves. Then cover that with black plastic during winter.
When spring rolls around I take off plastic, and gently remove the leaves that haven't decomposed, bag them up, and store. add a good nitrogen compost mix on top of what's left, then plant.
I've never had problems with nitrogen deficiencies.
Why to wait 1 year.make compost in 2 month
year or two ohhhh
Thanks Man
Elizabeth L. Johnson said, Very good tips!! Thanks!
very good information for gardening
Is it just safe to add dry leaves around the plants without having to make compost?
I'm new to the gardening life. I'm not sure what browns and greens mean when it comes to nitrogen etc. I have some grass clippings that were just clipped and mulched in the mower from the winter dead grass with mulched elm leaves in them. Since they are very fine can I just use them as 1/3 or 1/2 part of the soil in the vegetable pots along with manure and regular soil in the other half of the pot. to keep the soil fluffy for potatoes, zucchini, corn and sage? Does it have to break down even further to benefit the plants or will it be ok and they will be able to use it immediately? TIA and great video.
Why leaves of walnuts and Eucalyptus not use to make leafcompost
All great points. I mean look at the forest trees all they have is their fallen leavesand fallen mates hey. Thank you
I just read that you shouldn't rake up all leaves and discard because they contain butterflies etc and protect the soil. Not good to just denude soil.
I've been reading nitrogen tie-up is a myth. Not sure
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IMHO Very well written and presented…and a great use of all those leaves.
I like to shred my leaves. I gather my leaves and put them in a container and shred the leaves with my string trimmer.