Bags of Gold
I’ve read that if you expect to have a great growing season in the Summer, preparations need to begin in the Fall. The soil I have to work with is nothing but fill dirt on which our home was built seven years ago. It’s just clay and rock. However, the great thing about soil is that you can always improve it. The first thing I needed to do was to start working on improving my soil.
Therefore, last fall when everyone was raking up their leaves and finding a way to get rid of them, I was looking for a way to give them a home. Since there are no large trees in our yard I did the unthinkable. I shouldn’t have been so excited over finding a generous soul to let me take their fifty bags of shredded maple leaves off their hands. But I was! My neighbors must have thought I was nuts but everytime I see huge stacks of leaves down by the street in front of homes I think to myself, “They’re throwing away bags of gold!”
Now those leaves are slowly breaking down and decomposing where they will not only enrich the soil but improve its structure for this coming growing season. They also provide a fantastic “brown” source for composting which I’ll be sharing in an upcoming post.
What do you do with your leaves in the fall?
