Fallen Leaves Make Free Soil Conditioner: How to Turn Them Into Leaf Mould
The leaves covering your lawn this week can become a dark, crumbly soil conditioner. All it takes is a bin bag, a little water and time.
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Each November, gardens fill with leaves, and many of them end up in council garden waste bins. They are worth keeping. Fallen leaves break down slowly into leaf mould, a dark, crumbly material that improves the structure of any soil, holds moisture around roots and makes an excellent mulch. It costs nothing to make.
Leaves rot differently from kitchen compost. Fungi do most of the work rather than bacteria, so the process is cooler and slower, and you keep leaves in their own pile rather than mixing them into the compost bin.
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