Dispose of fall leaves – 5 Tips

December 3, 2011 DevelopmentBG Gardening

Every autumn the leaves of deciduous trees change color in bright colors. However, takes this wonderful spectacle of nature in a short time and the foliage falls again on the trees. Just at this moment should or must it be then disposed of (e.g to prevent damage to the lawn), for which we have compiled some useful tips disposal.

Dispose of fall leaves – 5 Tips

Tip 1:
Leaves can be composted and therefore in principle no later than spring again used as humus. For the leaves to rake and just lie down in the compost.

It is here noted, however, that even a small gust of wind spread the leaves in the garden again. For this reason you should undermine it on the compost – already fermented compost pile on top. You can stretch over the compost, but also a simple network, so that even fly in stronger wind gusts no leaves in the garden around.

Tip 2:
If you do not have compost, you can also incorporate the leaves immediately and directly into the vegetable beds and fruit beds and thus immediately let rot on the spot. For this purpose the leaves on the harvested beds spread evenly and work it well with a garden claw (or similar device) into the ground. If you loosen the soil for this purpose well in advance, then you can make this work well. In this way the soil is also already in late autumn with many necessary nutrients supplied in the early spring and can already be used again as a cold frame.

Tip 3:
With foliage can bargain the immediate ground of certain plants are kept moist much longer, so these ornamental plants during the winter drought have hardly suffered. For this purpose you need the foliage around these plants accumulate sick and may complain of twigs with additional branches. You should perform this work, however, always only, when most snails are already gone from the garden. Because snails kept in a particularly happy in the wet leaves.

And also here during the rapid onset of rotting leaves over the winter months the plants are additionally re-supplied with sufficient nutrients.

Tip 4:
Besides serving as a protection against the cold leaves, such as frost-susceptible roses. For this purpose the root zone (plant stem) leaves accumulate and cover well with the roses then still sticks with branches and / or garden fleece.

Tip 5:
Foliage Mountains provide but also hedgehogs a safe place to hibernate. You will need to top up the sound leaves together in a well-protected place on a hill. Leave the hedgehog after the winter months their roost again, you can incorporate the autumn leaves turn useful in the beds.