sometime in the recent past Dioclese posted this:
"Newbie" wrote in message
...
As a new gardener in soon-to-freeze Midwest, I have noticed the
following irony: We as well as our neighbors are raking bags upon bags
of autumn leaves from the front and back yards and discarding them. At
the same time we are buying mulch to protect newly planted perennials
during the winter.

An obvious question is, could we use those leaves as mulch? I get
enough to make as thick a layer as needed?

So far that I read in the responses visible to this news reader, only David
E. Ross used the term mulch properly in among all their responses. Others
were referring to compost, not mulch. They, or at least one of them, should
have started a new thread if they wanted to talk about leaves used in
compost.
Compost -
–noun
1. a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.
2. a composition; compound.
–verb (used with object)
3. to use in compost; make compost of: to compost manure and kitchen scraps.
4. to apply compost to (soil).
–verb (used without object)
5. to make compost: Shredded leaves will compost easily.

Take your pick, but it's not always a verb.

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