Last year I went out nightly collecting leaves, I chopped them fine with shears and a grass strimmer. Some were used to mulch beds both in the garden and at the allotment. The rest I bagged up in a rubble sack and they have become dark and crumbly, I have used them mixed in with compost and aged manure. They will be even better by spring.
This year I'm mostly collecting from the kerbs on the walk to the allotment, I have filled a ton rubble sack so far but haven't shredded them.
I filled a tonne rubble sack with the first sweep of the front yard. There's a lot more come down since, but the wind has spread them far and wide and it is too wet to walk on the grassed areas without causing a lot of damage, so they will have to wait!
my first year of bagging leaves too. I have scrounged from my neighbour's garden 4 big sacks of maple leaves. She has chickens in her garden and offered their droppings but they are mixed with a kind of pellet (she says it is natural compressed paper) so I didn't take it as I don't know how they will dissolve. It still there if I wanted it. should I take it?
Bagged up for leaf mould - wonderful stuff and proper recycling ! I can usually do about 30 bin bags every autumn but we moved this year so I think my new garden will only produce a fraction of that as there are only 4 trees ! (At the moment !)
It's great stuff @muckyhandsmike. I miss the trees we had in the garden nearby. People should grab them [literally] and make use of them - they're so valuable in a garden. I hate seeing people chuck them into council bins. Such a waste if you have plants that can benefit - especially shrubs and trees. I have to go and brush stuff up on the footpaths now if I want any. The chap across from me has a maple in the front garden so I'll get those if they aren't all blown down the road before I get the chance. That was always the problem before. He doesn't use them as they don't have any planted areas as such.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Even though it has been trodden down my 2 m. by 2m. leaf compost bin is FULL. And there are still tons of leaves to come down. The huge Oak tree is still green and the three Beech trees have only just turned yellow. Lorra leaves to fall. So, builders 1 ton bags here we come.
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The rest I bagged up in a rubble sack and they have become dark and crumbly, I have used them mixed in with compost and aged manure. They will be even better by spring.
This year I'm mostly collecting from the kerbs on the walk to the allotment, I have filled a ton rubble sack so far but haven't shredded them.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have to go and brush stuff up on the footpaths now if I want any. The chap across from me has a maple in the front garden so I'll get those if they aren't all blown down the road before I get the chance. That was always the problem before. He doesn't use them as they don't have any planted areas as such.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...