On 11/26/2014 7:42 PM, Gus Overton wrote:
In the 70s people used to burn them in my hometown, I remember my dad doing it but it was noticed that's not really good idea when the flaming leaves get on houses, dry bushes, etc. And the city created a law banning it

I'm an idiot. I put the front leaves in a plastic bag. I forgot you aren't supposed to do that anymore. They have biodegradable bags now you use. I assume the hardware store down the street has some.

There were a billion leaves in the backyard and I did put those where the tomato plants were. I guess I should empty the plastic bag back there too. But there are so many leaves I don't think they will decompose. I should bury them?


They make wonderful mulch to protect delicate plants in winter and to
keep weeds down in shrub/flower beds. They are especially good mulch
for acid-loving shrubs like azalea and rhododendron. I pile then into
my flower beds in fall, just as flowers have been hit by frost and no
longer showing live foliage....leaving them piled around the more
delicate perennials helps prevent winter damage and when the leaves
become wet and pack down, they do a great job of stopping weed growth in
spring. By summer, they pretty much break down into nourishment for the
plants....or turn them onto a compost pile to build good dirt.