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Tips On Gardening
(Editor’s Note: This is one of a series on home horticulture by W. P. Judkins, a Virginia Tech extension horticulturist.)
BLACKSBURG-The autumn leaves which add beautiful colors to the landscape, are also a fine source of organic matter for your garden. They will cause some extra work when they fall on your lawn, but they are worth the effort because of their value as mulch or compost. Keep your leaves raked up so they will not accumulate on the lawn. A pile of wet leaves will smother the grass and cause bare spots next summer. If your lawn is quite small, the raking of leaves will provide some nice exercise on a sunny afternoon. A lawn sweeper or vacuum will make the job easier if you have a large lot with many trees. The problem of disposing of leaves is easy if you save them for mulch or compost. Do not burn this valuable material. This practice pollutes the air and destroys organic matter you need for your garden.
You can secure double value from leaves by using them as mulch in your vegetable or flower garden during the summer, and then plow or rototile them into the soil the following spring., As a mulch they conserve moisture and control weeds. When plowed into the ground they improve the soil as if you had used compost.
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