Comments on: Fall Leaves: Leave ‘Em and Weep http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/12/why-rake-leaves/ Helping you take joy in creating and maintaining the garden of your dreams... in the Pacific Northwest Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/12/why-rake-leaves/#comment-1834 Genevieve Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:14:34 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1986#comment-1834 Yay, Susan! So glad the timing was just right!!! Yay, Susan! So glad the timing was just right!!!

]]> By: Susan Morrison (garden-chick) http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/12/why-rake-leaves/#comment-1832 Susan Morrison (garden-chick) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:12:07 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1986#comment-1832 I SWEAR I'm not making this up. DH decided to rake up leaves for the first time this fall, and there's more than we need for composting or will fit in recycling, so he used the mower to mulch them down. I was debating whether to have him leave a thin layer on my plants (which are perennials in composted soil with mulch on top) and your post answered the question. In fact, I think I'll forward this to him. Now you know I wasn't kidding when I told you I'm a so-so gardener! .-= Susan Morrison (garden-chick)´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/CIRU/~3/PMhFJNFrU_c/does-your-garden-designer-practice-what-she-preaches.html" rel="nofollow">Does your Garden Designer Practice what She Preaches?</a> =-. I SWEAR I’m not making this up. DH decided to rake up leaves for the first time this fall, and there’s more than we need for composting or will fit in recycling, so he used the mower to mulch them down. I was debating whether to have him leave a thin layer on my plants (which are perennials in composted soil with mulch on top) and your post answered the question. In fact, I think I’ll forward this to him.

Now you know I wasn’t kidding when I told you I’m a so-so gardener!
.-= Susan Morrison (garden-chick)´s last blog ..Does your Garden Designer Practice what She Preaches? =-.

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/12/why-rake-leaves/#comment-1831 Genevieve Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:38:59 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1986#comment-1831 Monica, I curbside shop for extra leaves too, but I compost them before turning them into the soil! :) I take it you use the leaves as mulch, or else apply fresh chip mulch in spring after you turn it into the beds? Monica, I curbside shop for extra leaves too, but I compost them before turning them into the soil! :) I take it you use the leaves as mulch, or else apply fresh chip mulch in spring after you turn it into the beds?

]]> By: Monica the Garden Faerie http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/12/why-rake-leaves/#comment-1830 Monica the Garden Faerie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:59:44 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1986#comment-1830 Again, so interesting the different climates... here where it freezes over winter, a thick layer of leaves is awesome on beds... by spring it's kind of squishy and can be turned into the soil as amendment. I also shred some leaves and put them in my compost bins. I even curbside shop for more leaves because I don't get enough! :) Again, so interesting the different climates… here where it freezes over winter, a thick layer of leaves is awesome on beds… by spring it’s kind of squishy and can be turned into the soil as amendment. I also shred some leaves and put them in my compost bins. I even curbside shop for more leaves because I don’t get enough! :)

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