Fall Leaves
October 7, 2007 by Linette
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Leaves are great for the fall garden. There are many ways you can incorporate them into your soil. The simplest and most direct is to rake them up and spread them out on the garden. Work them slightly into the soil now to keep them from blowing away, then let them rot until spring.
You can also add leaves to your compost pile, just make sure you add the right combination of “green” items to balance the pile out and keep it heated up through these cooler fall days. Check out my earlier post on composting.
If you have finished compost available now is a great time to spread it on the garden, let the freezing and thawing of winter work the finished compost and nutrients into the soil.
You can also pile your leaves up and let them sit. The leaves will mold and rot by themselves, and by spring you will have a great additive for your flower beds.
