For some reason, burning the leaves that fall off your trees has been a staple of many people's’ fall routines. The smell of burning leaves is something many of us know well and even associate with simpler days of childhood. Crisp autumn days were spent raking out the fence lines and
making a large pile of leaves somewhere. If you were lucky, your parents let you play in the piles for a while before setting them on fire. While this was and is a good way of getting rid of a lot of leaves quickly, it does little else. Check out our suggestions below to help you get the most out of the natural ways you can get rid of your leaves.
When you choose to burn your leaves you are essentially burning up so many wonderful nutrients that your lawn and garden would love to have. Not to mention, burning leaves and the smoke they produce, particularly if they aren’t completely dry, aren’t exactly helping to purify our already stuffy and polluted air. People with asthma and other lung problems or allergies struggle to even breathe when everyone is setting things on fire all fall long. Instead of causing lung issues for some and preventing your soil from obtaining necessary and free nutrients, consider mulching your leaves. This makes for spectacular fertilizer for your lawn and garden areas and doesn’t cost anything at all!
Lawn mowers are pretty awesome advances in technology when it comes to the maintenance and care of your lawn. Not only do they help you keep it looking lovely in the summer, but you can use it to mulch up the leaves that fall during autumn to help them fertilize your lawn and soil. There are some attachments you can purchase with particular lawn mowers that can be used to pick up leaves and mulch them if you would rather have a specific tool for the job. If you have a lot of leaves on your lawn, make use of them to fertilize and restore nutrients to your garden and flowerbeds as well once they are done for the year.
Some people worry that mulching their leaves of their lawn will contribute to thick levels of thatch that cause other problems for lawns but the good news is that isn’t the case. As long as you mulch up the leaves and don’t leave them in huge pieces, they will settle down to the soil and start to decompose pretty quickly.
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