Let them be.. Let them be.. Let them be…
Benefits to leaving your Leaves
or moving them to your garden
Leaves are absolutely amazing and very useful. No need to get mad at them and burn them or shove them in bags at all filling up our landfills that are already busting at the seems. Natural fertilizer and food!
Here are a few amazing things fallen leaves can do:
- They are a natural mulch, protecting the roots and trees from cold winter temperatures
- They also help fertilize the soil as they break down over the winter months
- They are food! For the microorganisms, earthworms and fungi
- They also serve as homes for amphibians, mammals and insects
- Leaving them can also help with erosion by protecting the bare soil
I LOVE to rake them onto a large tarp and pull that tarp to my garden and flip it over in the fall and winter and let them break down during the cold months to help protect the soil and break down to help create fertilizer.
Watch as we do it in this video at Christmas time as it was abnormally warm this past year.
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Day #5 Garden Planning
Day #6 Learn to Grow Anywhere
Day #7 Top Tools to Have on Hand
Day #8 Learn about Good pests in your garden
Day #9 Vertical Gardening
Day #10 Gardening Quick Guides
Day #11 Creating a Compost
Day #12 Introduction to Herbs Part 1
Day #13 Introduction to Herbs Part 2
Day#14 Children in the Garden
Day #15 Growing Root Vegetables
Day #16 Tomato Time
Day #17 All about the Dry Bean
Day #18 Saving for the Future-Seed Saving
Day #19 Preserving the Harvest- Canning
Day #20 Preserving the Harvest – Dehydrating
Day #21 Preserving the Harvest – Blanch & Free
Day #22 Preserving the Harvest – Fermenting
