Fallen autumn leaves are gold for people wanting to create bigger compost heaps. When the elms are busy shedding their bounty along Castlemaine’s streets, people are out collecting the leaves, shoving them into big bags, loading the leaves into motor vehicles and returning home with their treasure.
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Those gorgeous colours!
Its so pretty
It is the penalty one has to pay for the turning colour in the leaves.
I only do it once so I wait until the eleventh hour and use it to mulch the gardens so it makes me feel that its all worthwhile
Good planning.
Fallen autumn leaves are gold for people wanting to create bigger compost heaps. When the elms are busy shedding their bounty along Castlemaine’s streets, people are out collecting the leaves, shoving them into big bags, loading the leaves into motor vehicles and returning home with their treasure.
I use it for mulch mostly. It makes me very happy in a circle of life kind if way