What do you do with fallen leaves in garden?

[Campfire]

I hadn't raked up fallen leaves until today as there were still a lot of the tree and so would only have to do it again. I really hoped the wind would blow all of them into a neat pile for me to just bag or something.

Half the leaves have been put into bin liners & I was going to make holes in them & put behind the shed over the winter. A few have been spread over the poor soil in my front garden. Is that a good thing to do?

 

[summerdays]

I think leaf mould generally takes quite a long time to break down (or have I got that mixed up with other stuff), but that it does break down to form a fine compost.

Me I just mix them in with my regular compost or pile them in my green recycling bin.

 

[accountantpete]

Leaves take a long time to compost in bags - I use a large builders sack (the type they carry sand in ) and then mix the leaves with rotting kitchen waste(non-meat) and then hope that the red brandling worms find it as a home.

You can use Garotta as an agent to decomposition or have a discrete pee and dilute it in a gallon of water and pour that over it- it won't smell!

The leaves in the garden will be ok unless you have a veg plot - in which case I'd clear them as they attract slugs.

 

[Norm]

If you can shred the leaves, they will compost a lot quicker.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Run through them like a 5 year old

 

[summerdays]

Run through them like a 5 year old

That brings back memories - I grew up near Burnham Beeches and loved running into the hollows which could be several feet deep in beech leaves. I remember my Dad deciding that he wanted a bit of leaf mould for the garden and bringing some home... the following couple of years we had beech trees sprouting through the borders!!!

 

[Archie_tect]

Leave them be....

 

[User482]

You can buy an accelerant for making compost, but I don't know how well it works on leaves.

 

[gaz]

i like to get a leaf blower, and blow them off the trees and into the neighbours garden whilst they are out

 

[Jane Smart]

Run through them like a 5 year old

I bet you love puddles too

As for the leaves, I rake them up and put them in my brown bin for the council to compost

 

[ComedyPilot]

Eat them, put a load under the bed for padding, and use the rest to smoke my neighbours out.

 

[palinurus]

I put them back. It takes ****ing ages, but it's worth it.

 

[Campfire]

Put them back where palinurus? on the trees?

I knew Jane would say she throws them away! She likes everything neat and tidy. Come and tidy up my garden Jane.

No I like to put as many as I can on the beds, to provide a little more nutrients to the soil, if that's possible.

 

[Jane Smart]

Put them back where palinurus? on the trees?

I knew Jane would say she throws them away! She likes everything neat and tidy. Come and tidy up my garden Jane.

No I like to put as many as I can on the beds, to provide a little more nutrients to the soil, if that's possible.

Am I so predictable??

 

[Fnaar]

That brings back memories - I grew up near Burnham Beeches a

Love that place Childhood memories for me too... I learned to swim in the open air pool there Anyway, leaves.... erm... rake em up and burn 'em, or simply leave them where they are.