Gardening & Landscaping
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Cleaning Up Backyard--Need Advice
Hi, all.
My DH and I are finally getting into cleaning up our backyard--cutting down small trees, raking old leaves, etc. It appears that the previous owners didn't fancy raking up leaves. There are multiple places where the leaves have composted and there are MULTIPLE layers of leaves and no grass. I've tried raking the leaves up. However, the rake isn't working. I'm thinking of using a mower to go over the leaves to break up the layers. But, am not sure if that will help. Does anyone have any advice on what to do? I'm hoping the mower will mulch the leaves and we can rake up the remnants. I can't believe the owners did this to the lawn!!
Re: Cleaning Up Backyard--Need Advice
~Life After Infertility~
I agree. Leaf mold (aka chopped up leaves that are decomposing) is one of the best sources of nutrients for your plants. Around here people actually pay big bucks for it.
As FoxinFiji said- composed leaves are pure gold. I'd be thankful that the previous owners were smart enough to remove the lawn and restore the natural conditions. It saves SO much time and work when beginning new landscape projects- and so much MONEY.