Start with dry leaves — it makes the whole process much easier. Look for maple, oak, and beech leaves, as they make excellent ...

Fallen leaves make a fine mulch for garden beds and trees and shrubs, but they aren’t the only possibility. “Any kind of organic matter can make a good mulch,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge ...

Mulching leaves means to cut them into small pieces to reduce their volume and hasten decomposition. Mulched leaves are ...

Shredded leaves make good mulch for your garden beds. Serious gardeners may consider renting a shredder, but be sure to use ...

Everyone has a POV on the matter, but surprisingly, choosing to mulch or not mulch your leaves isn’t all about the ...

At our old house, I would end up with 15 to 20 mulched bags of leaves, which fulfilled all of our garden mulch needs. However, we moved last year, and our new house only has one large tree, so I’m not ...

Be sure to give additional water to any evergreens planted over the previous two years. I did some planting in my garden this ...

As the colder weather makes itself felt across the country, many people will be asking themselves what they should be doing ...

How many of you woke up last Tuesday to a lawn buried in fallen leaves? Monday’s gale blew clouds of leaves across the city.

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A leaf blower uses powerful airflow to move leaves into piles, while a leaf vacuum sucks up leaves into a collection bag.