leaves?

tbearsangel

So I got to thinking about this today and thought you ladies could help with an educated answer. Leaves in your yard- I assume burning is not the best solution, so is mulching them with a lawn mower better? What do you think?

kayash

I've heard that mulching them with the mower is good. That's what we're planning to do.

You can't burn here but I'm anti-burning anyway because I'm allergic to the smoke.

jen5-03

Mulch with the mower and leave on the lawn or compost them.

toadstool

I compost them.

tokenhoser

Mulch, or make leaf mold for landscaping next year.

http://organicgardening.about.com/od/compost/a/LeafMold.htm

I didn't want to mix that many leaves into my general compost, so they're in their own giant pile waiting for spring.

suzymarie

We mulch as much as we can (yes it is the best!) but we get so many that we can't mulch them all.  So we mulch, then compost ourselves, then when our compost space is full we send them to the city composting (via our trash service... it is included...  or we can drive them over ourselves).  In return for gifting the city with our leaves, lol, we can get free compost and wood chips.

HOLLYMAR87

We use ours to cover up any flowers that need covered for the winter, then we usually just throw away the rest (we have a huge cottonwood tree that drops tooonnnnnssss of leaves) But I really would like to start making compost since our small town doesn't have a program for that. It is something I have always dreamed of doing. Not only do you save space at the landfill and dont waste garbage bags but you have a healthier and greener garden and yard!

papagena

Mostly mulch with the mower, but if we have a ton, we'll take it to the city composting site.

SuperGreen

As someone who has no trees in her townhouse backyard, I am insanely jealous of your leaves   They are the.best.browns for your compost, so I go to pretty extreme measures to get them for our pile.  I wander around the block and take them from common areas, or wait until my neighbors rake theirs up then take their bags off the curb.  I highly recommend composting or mulching them.  They're like crinkly gold!

Honeybumble

We put them in the compost & whatever is left gets chopped up with the reel mower and left on the lawn.....

HOLLYMAR87

SuperGreen:

As someone who has no trees in her townhouse backyard, I am insanely jealous of your leaves   They are the.best.browns for your compost, so I go to pretty extreme measures to get them for our pile.  I wander around the block and take them from common areas, or wait until my neighbors rake theirs up then take their bags off the curb.  I highly recommend composting or mulching them.  They're like crinkly gold!

 

hahaha when I read that I just got this image of someone dressed in all black sneaking around the neighborhood late at night stealing peoples leaves! That is awesome! 

SuperGreen

HOLLYMAR87:

SuperGreen:

As someone who has no trees in her townhouse backyard, I am insanely jealous of your leaves   They are the.best.browns for your compost, so I go to pretty extreme measures to get them for our pile.  I wander around the block and take them from common areas, or wait until my neighbors rake theirs up then take their bags off the curb.  I highly recommend composting or mulching them.  They're like crinkly gold!

 

hahaha when I read that I just got this image of someone dressed in all black sneaking around the neighborhood late at night stealing peoples leaves! That is awesome! 

LOL.  I usually ring the doorbell and ask the homeowner if I can take them, which elicits some seriously "WTF " looks.  I have though rolled up really quietly in my Prius, darted out and snatched them and put them in the trunk.

Alisha_A

I am jealous of the leaves too! I only have evergreens...I have previously posted on freecycle asking to come rake leaves for people!! I use them (good leaves) for my compost, making leaf mold, and mulching around plants. I will have to try just stopping at houses with lots of leaves.

FoxinFiji

tokenhoser:

Mulch, or make leaf mold for landscaping next year.

http://organicgardening.about.com/od/compost/a/LeafMold.htm

I didn't want to mix that many leaves into my general compost, so they're in their own giant pile waiting for spring.

This!  Around here gardeners pay a pretty penny for this stuff.  It's often called black gold.  We have so many leaves it would be way too much for our compost pile so we're creating leaf mold this year.