Each year I try to save a good amount of shredded leaves to use as mulch in the raised beds and containers. Anything left over get's mixed into the compost. The Maple Tree at the fire pit is my favorite for leaf collecting. Tuesday afternoon I used the leaf chopper to suck up four bags of leaves. The whole area was spic and span and leaf free. Wednesday morning I went out to find this.
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| Sucked up eight bags and blew the rest into the woods.... |
My leaf compost tube contains 18** shredder bags full of leaves. I don't need any more, but still, it will be hard to pass them up when they are coming down this thickly.
**Footnote: after one more session I ended up with 21 shredder bags. 19 fit into the shorter tube if triple chopped.
That gave me a chuckle!
ReplyDeleteWe are doing the same thing here. Gary has made two more raised beds and has started filling them up with manure, soil and leaves (which are all yellow). They are falling down so fast. Lori Skoog
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