Leaf Mold Is A Gardening Gift From Mother Nature

This week my articles are mainly focusing on composting and using the leaves that are now falling.  As you see, my yard is blessed with oak and maple leaves and sometimes Millie just blends right in!  But I don’t mind the leaves.  Especially when I know how leaf mold improves the soil quality in my gardens.  What a great gardening gift  from Mother Nature!  And this garden mulch is so easy to make!

Leaf mold is simply partially decomposed leaves.  It’s either dark brown or black and has a crumbly texture with a pleasant, earthy smell.  I’m most familiar with finding it in my gutters when they haven’t been cleaned out…

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I used to have a combination blower/mulcher/yard vac that was a pain in the neck.  Every time I wanted to switch from one to another, I had to stop what I was doing, remove some equipment and replace with a different piece of equipment or tube.  I could never find the pieces I needed to make it work and…