Source: Gardeners around the globe
By Kghornsten from Davis, CA
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11/03/2011
You can give back most of the nutrients your trees and plants used, with mulch from or close to the same place the leaves and other plants got it from. Same with small woody branches. Chop them up best you can and put near the plants.
Decomposition can sometimes be speeded up with natural bacterias. Look in your favorite gardening store for organic methods. Compost piles are wonderful. Recycle the life, then you won't need fertilizers which can be poison to the water nearest and farthest from you. Diseased plants should be treated differently, no poisons please. Treat the earth gently, you are given everything you need to survive from this planet.
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11/05/2010
I have a large maple in the front yard. I used to mulch the leaves but too much mulch killed the grass. Took several years to recover.
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11/03/2010
We also make a pile in the back of the yard and let it turn into mulch (by the next summer, takes a while to decompose). Great way to save on the mulch bill!
Save your back, save time, and make leaf and debris cleanup much easier! Simply sharpen your lawnmower blades and then start mowing over the leaves. Don't use the bagger. You won't need it. Mulching mower or not, your mower will chop up the leaves with just a few passes and there will be virtually nothing large enough to clean up.
The result is leaf mulch on your lawn which will disappear over the winter, is good for the soil and you don't have to clean up any leaves. This won't hurt your mower at all. Use a blower to clear your patio, driveway, and sidewalks before you start. Blow everything onto your lawn and then make it disappear.
Source: my landscaping experience
By jim from Chagrin Falls, OH
Shared on: 10/28/2011
With winter fast approaching, we need to concentrate on protecting our treasured flower gardens. In a pinch, if I don't have adequate mulch to use on every flower bed,
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