Key Points Leaves left in garden beds act as natural mulch, improving soil health, insulation, and habitats for ...

Leaves and leaf mold, often called garden gold, are highly nutritious soil amendments that can be used as a mulch to help ...

If you’re spending all your spare time raking and bagging leaves—only to have them end up in the landfill—here’s what you can do instead.

As the leaves fall this autumn, you can do your bit for wildlife without forgoing your love of a pristine, tidy garden.

One of the easiest ways to reuse fallen leaves is to turn them into mulch. Simply shred them using your best lawn mower, ...

Oct. 10—Nothing duller than talking about mulch, but there are different approaches to this big deal in the garden. And in this season of deciding what to do with falling tree leaves, now is a good ...

I have a lot of sidewalk foot traffic and last fall I let folks crush the fallen leaves. Then I blew the leaf bits onto the lawn as mulch. The leaves are from the old trees in the residential downtown ...

Autumn brings cold weather, fallen leaves, and yard work. While raking up leaves consider using them for next year’s vegetables. Is leaf compost good for vegetable gardens? It’s some of the most ...

The leaves are falling all over the state now. There are several things you can do with those leaves. One great way to use them to your — and your plants’ — benefit is to use leaf litter as mulch.

A campaign by the National Wildlife Federation and the Xerces Society, asserts that leaves are not trash, debris, or yard ...

Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.

“Spread a layer around your garden beds, borders and shrubs to help retain moisture, suppress weeds, and protect roots from ...