Comments on: What to do with your leaves, and on my devotion to leafmold

By: Will Johnston

Will Johnston — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:14:16 +0000

You can also compost them in a worm bin, which will speed up the composting process, give you compost soil and tea. I wrote an article on worm composting to help people get started.

By: Lzyjo

Lzyjo — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:09:55 +0000

OMG! Last year I wanted to make leaf mould, so I raked the leaves from the two maples in the front yard into one big pile. I bagged up a lot, but there was still a huge pile. I didn’t have room to hid anymore ugly garbage bags. Unfortunately, it rained right after I raked the leaves, which was fine for the mould, but they stayed stuck in the same place all winter and the landlord, flipped out over the bald spot in the grass because he was ticked about another situation with wasps…..anyhow, he threatened that he could rent the house in one day….so don’t leave your leaves in a pile all winter long, I learned the hard way! LOL!

By: joeltheurbangardener

joeltheurbangardener — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:27:15 +0000

Very interesting information. Like your other commenter, I don’t have the space to follow some of your suggestions, but I think you post will be very helpful to a lot of people. I pluck my leaves out of the flowers and bushes by hand and then pile them over the most tender plants for winter insulation.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:25:56 +0000

Thank you Susan, more people should utilize this great free resource we are gifted by nature every year. I am a fan of your blog and have taken the liberty of placing your link on my own site. Hope you check out my blog.
Patricia

By: billie

billie — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:32:11 +0000

i find that putting the leaves in the walk ways in the veggie garden works out great. by fall they are all ground up and ready to be tilled into the soil.

By: Sue (Catmint)

Sue (Catmint) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:25:23 +0000

I used to just leave leaves on the garden and they would rot down and all was growthful, but since the drought some people are recommending non compostable mulches like gravel because the organic mulch doesn’t get wet enough to rot.