39+ Fall Leaves In Garden Beds
Background. In fall my town holds leaf collection days, when homeowners (or their landscape services) blow or rake fallen leaves off their properties into big piles in the streets. This is especially true in a vegetable garden where you are trying to grow things quickly from seed.
You can serve both your need for a neat garden and the insects' 8. Remove annual flowers to chop up leaves with your lawn mower and spread the leaf mulch over garden beds to stop weeds and protect plants from frosts that can cause the ground. You don't have to use a rototiller or build raised beds.
These fallen leaves represent a natural, organic source of nutrients for your landscape.
Earthworms love fall leaves, as well as beneficial microbes that call your garden their home. Clean up fallen fruit or vegetables from beneath trees, tomato plants, and other edibles. Come back every week for our latest tips on what to do in your yard. This will allow for plenty of time for the leaves to break down (leaves while we often dread the appearance of leaves in our yards, they are a valuable and free resource for our landscapes.
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