Re: Re: Fall clean up: bare ground or leaves?

> > If anyone wants oak leaves, I usually have a whole bunch just laying on 
> > the front and back lawns this time of year.  So if anybody wants to come
> > take them...  
> > 
> > Just be sure to bring a rake and some bags.  :)
> > 
> 
> Wish I were closer, Chris, I'd take them. Run 'em through the shredder and 
> they compost just as well as any other kind of leaf. And I've seen no evidence 
> that they acidify the soil.
> Bill Lee


Excuse me Bill, but you are correct for the average backyard. I did have some property (summer place) that was literally a forest of oak trees. When we aquired it, no one had touched it in years. We took out a few trees and raked up years of matted leaves, a good ft and half deep. Had a very hard time growing anything till we amended the soil to nuetralize the effects of all those oak leaves. On another note, the surrounding 4 acres that were not going to be used, we ran the lawnmower thru the leaves thinking it would help them decompose. After ten years, they were still there.... killing off any hopes of natural vegitation. What I found is, some are great- too many and you have a problem.

Donna

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