The weather is getting cooler, the air is feeling crisper, the leaves are turning yellow and red falling from their trees — and this year, leave those leaves be!
It’s a common misconception that leaves always kill the grass they fall on. Aside from the fact that it’s time to ditch our lawns in the first place, fallen leaves are very beneficial to your soil, trees and plants, and the ecosystem of your backyard. By bagging them up and hauling them away, you are removing a valuable natural resource from your yard.
If you have a yard or live in a neighborhood with other tree-filled properties, you’re likely familiar with the cycle of filling up large bags of leaves and putting them on the curb to be taken away. A lot of the time, unfortunately, these leaves aren’t being composted, but are taken straight to landfills. In 2018, 10.5 million tons of yard trimmings went to…
Read the full article originally published at www.ecowatch.com.