tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post7985835584353832138..comments2023-11-13T06:25:27.206-05:00Comments on Our Little Acre: Leaves - To Burn or Not To Burn?Kylee Baumlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-81114920583881141982010-10-22T01:38:19.564-04:002010-10-22T01:38:19.564-04:00Wow, that's a lot of leaves. Our trees are ju...Wow, that's a lot of leaves. Our trees are just itty bitty, so I don't really have leaves to speak of. I'd vote for the "bag em and forget em" option - that's my kind of gardening!Garden Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555471590488138155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-11979906680902589772010-10-21T16:46:24.019-04:002010-10-21T16:46:24.019-04:00Heeee! I wish those were all here...which reminds ...Heeee! I wish those were all here...which reminds me it's time to take the truck and go leaf-napping again. Mine all blow to some other continent, so I content myself with collecting up bags that others have raked and set out at the curbside. Never can have enough leaves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-21597055832398139842010-10-20T09:55:54.384-04:002010-10-20T09:55:54.384-04:00Kylee - I have composted my leaves, and I have eve...Kylee - I have composted my leaves, and I have even planted in leaves that have been composted inside a wire frame. Larry Lightner, who taught me this technique had what he called spot gardens in his yard. He and I packed all the leaves we could get inside a frame of chicken wire held in place with fence stakes. Even unshredded leaves will break down more rapidly than you think. In the spring you can plant in those much diminished compost piles. I think I'll have to do a post about this.Commonweederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913336590036045901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-6822898472551072402010-10-19T21:47:25.730-04:002010-10-19T21:47:25.730-04:00Spread them out several inches thick,add shredded ...Spread them out several inches thick,add shredded newspaper if you have it, water, cover all over with a few layers of wet cardboard then with a few inches of compost or mulch - leave all winter - it's springy like a real bed. You can plant on it by just moving the compost or mulch out of the way. Underneath you are making fantastic soil and making a great home for earthworms. After a season all you have left is a beautiful thick layer of soil and no weeds from underneath.AndreaGSanJosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-61012937939464176612010-10-19T18:00:24.742-04:002010-10-19T18:00:24.742-04:00I'm envious of gardeners like yourself with lo...I'm envious of gardeners like yourself with lots of land on which to garden. Until fall comes around and I see all the leaves you have to deal with.MRBROWNTHUMBhttp://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-8095473272570250722010-10-19T16:09:15.376-04:002010-10-19T16:09:15.376-04:00I would kill for those leaves. Thanks for making ...I would kill for those leaves. Thanks for making a point about not burning them.frazzledsugarplummumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662292532191196282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-62603588725236763312010-10-19T14:38:29.685-04:002010-10-19T14:38:29.685-04:00Lot of leaves there! We mulch and compost all of o...Lot of leaves there! We mulch and compost all of ours. Leaf burning is banned here, but many of our neighbors are crazy for bonfires and brick ovens and all sorts of ways to produce smoke regardless of how it affects others. (we have asthmatics in the house.) I feel like the neighborhood crab complaining -- so I just shut the windows, turn off the ventilation system and hope for a brisk wind.Mary S.http://mynortherngarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-72149302760874328432010-10-19T13:09:42.538-04:002010-10-19T13:09:42.538-04:00..... and I thought I'd got a lot of leaves to........ and I thought I'd got a lot of leaves to clear up!<br /><br />I can't burn as we're in a smokeless zone here, so I'm not allowed - and it seems such a shame to get rid of potential black gold that way anyway. I chuck them on the compost or make a new leaf pound - but I also leave a lot on the borders as mulch and frost protection (well that's my excuse anyway!)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-52636454905954970082010-10-19T09:14:48.041-04:002010-10-19T09:14:48.041-04:00Looks like you have quite a supply for all three, ...Looks like you have quite a supply for all three, Kylee:) I never burn leaves, even though I'm not constrained by the nearby town's leaf-burning ban. I do use them as mulch or add them to the compost pile; I like your idea for making leaf mold, though--even simpler!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-33449420936406101912010-10-19T09:09:10.116-04:002010-10-19T09:09:10.116-04:00I wish the communities around here would ban burni...I wish the communities around here would ban burning, but people on semi-rural properties believe it is their Constitutional right to burn leaves. I have to shut the windows & shut off the car's ventilation while driving around in autumn.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-89154770733321995832010-10-19T09:06:59.927-04:002010-10-19T09:06:59.927-04:00I am definitely a mulcher. Now days that wonderful...I am definitely a mulcher. Now days that wonderful aroma makes it difficult for me to breathe. UGH.. Don't burn please.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-50770392204582646442010-10-19T08:39:44.207-04:002010-10-19T08:39:44.207-04:00I love to chop mine up with the bagger mower and u...I love to chop mine up with the bagger mower and use them for mulch! Leaves are one of nature's best resources and it drives me nuts when people burn them. I'm hoping to gather a few bags of leaves from people who rake them and toss them in the compost bin.Dave@TheHomeGardenhttp://www.GrowingTheHomeGarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-3786077257360297642010-10-18T18:22:19.136-04:002010-10-18T18:22:19.136-04:00I guess I don't have that many cuz I just let ...I guess I don't have that many cuz I just let them lie where they land. If they are still around in spring, they get flung into the compost.<br /><br />Christine in AlaskaChristine B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08335289758548637661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-70228703471071306362010-10-18T15:17:55.409-04:002010-10-18T15:17:55.409-04:00Enjoyed your fall pics!
I think I'm going to d...Enjoyed your fall pics!<br />I think I'm going to do a little bit of all of those things this year. I put them whole on the beds this year and did get a few slugs - wonder if that's why. This year I'll shred them first.JGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710652130966518173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-34616121132104867052010-10-18T10:04:36.905-04:002010-10-18T10:04:36.905-04:00wow! those are a lot of leafs. And I thought that ...wow! those are a lot of leafs. And I thought that i had a bunch that time my mints shed a few.<br />You do well on making compost. Burning might be convenient, but is not good for nature or for oneself~ferhttp://www.mygardeninjapan.com/noreply@blogger.com