Is it necessary to shred leaves for the compost? No, absolutely not, but doing so provides a number of benefits. Continue reading
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Myth and mystery of cover crops
Shredded leaves keep soil in place, add nutrients to the soil and make a great, soft path material to keep weeds down. You can even alternate leaf-variety for patterns.
Cover crops are popular. People claim cover crops will add nitrogen to your soil (sometimes, sort of, but not much), they’ll protect the soil (kind of, sometimes) and prevent weeds (or they’ll act as weeds).
Let’s take a deeper look at this now that the end of the season is upon us.
Spring Cleanup
People sometimes ask me if I can recommend someone that does spring cleanups. I don’t have anyone to recommend, but this is what I usually say:One thing I will suggest, if you’re interested in keeping costs down and helping the planet: Rake the lawn but let the leaves stay in the garden beds.
Putting fall “garbage” to use
All garbage, mostly great for the garden. Image via Shari Weinsheimer, with no copyright, using this CC: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Autumn’s garbage provides a wealth of opportunities for next year’s garden. Not just leaves, but pumpkins and potted plants, too. (But leave the straw bale.)