cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/16130943
My mom was complaining that the city has limits on how many leaves that they’ll pick up, and she’s got bags and bags of leaves stuffed into black garbage bags. This seems like a problem that should have some kind of backyard solution.
I’ve done a cursory search, and see that leaves are very compostable. They can also apparently be turned into “mold”, though I don’t fully understand what this means.
But I also see that there is a lot of variety in compost bins, and they’re quite expensive. So I’m wondering: what’s the best strategy for making leaves go away? She’s not specifically interested in the product of the leaves, she just wants to find somewhere to put them after she rakes them up. Any ideas?
TL;DR: leave them where they fall.
Next best thing is mulch-mow them into the lawn.
If you have to collect them up, compost them in a pile, mix it up occasionally, eventually it’ll become soil-like and fed it back to the garden.
An alternative to compost is a worm farm, you can feed it food scraps too.
