Green Corner: What to Do with All Those Leaves—Autumn’s Annual Dilemma

Don’t blow them because leaf blowers are banes to the environment. Instead use leaves to enrich your own lawn and garden and woods. How? 

• If you have a mulching mower, leaf bits enrich your lawn. 
• No mulcher? Compost them, and in time you’ll have nutrient-rich soil for beds and pots. 
• Insulate beds for winter and stifle weeds in spring with leaves. They’re cheaper than purchased mulch (they’re free!) and enrich soil faster.
• Toss them in the woods to return nutrients to the earth.

Learn more:

• www.leaveleavesalone.org
• https://planterspost.com/what-to-do-with-fallen-leaves-after-raking/
• https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/heres-why-raking-your-leaves-is-bad-for-the-environment