Amount of leaves
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Amount of leaves
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:48:02 EST
In a message dated 11/18/99 9:34:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lynnagl@mindspring.com writes:
<< We do use a leaf blower all over the corners and beds in the yard
before
my husband gets out the John Deere 'leaf vacuum'...the first fall we lived
here we could not believe the amount of leaves that fell! >>
I live in the middle of the woods and also have several large trees in the
yard and field. The past nine years I have raked numerous times and run the
shredder for hours. Even all the way to Thanksgiving. This year the leaves
are already all down and I was able to handle all of them by running the lawn
tractor over them. I estimate they are a third the volume of past years.
The drought, no doubt.
We have two compost piles that get the bulk of the shredded leaves and others
go over the vegetable beds--6-10" worth. And these get covered with black
plastic in the spring and we plant through holes. You would not believe how
productive these beds are. In other beds I have used mushroom compost and
created really marvelous soil. But I have learned from experience that this
MUST be an ongoing activity as these organic amendments do not last forever
and must be replenished annually.
Has anyone else noticed that they didn't have nearly as many leaves this year
as in the past?
Bill Lee
Z6a Cincinnati
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