How about Maple leaves ??
I have a TON of them in HUGE piles in the back of my yard.
Are they any good for flower beds ?

God I hope so, I'd finally have a use for them all !!


ALL leaves are good for mulch. You should run them through a
shredder (or run a mulching lawn mower over them and collect the
shredded results) first, however, or they can pack down and
actually keep water from reaching the roots of the shrubbery you
pile them around. A 3-4 inch layer of mulch under trees or
around shrubbery will save water, require less fertilizer, and
prevent erosion.

Oak, maple, and other deciduous leaves are best for mulching
fruits such as blueberry. NEVER use pine needle mulch around
blueberries, but azalea will do fine with pine needles around the
roots.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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