I remember Bob Flowerdew saying to put your leaves in plastic bags and
forget them for a couple of years. I found my bags this week behind
the shed, full of lovely leaf mould.

Now, anyone know why I did this? What is the stuff for?

Thanks

Jon

"NogbadtheCool" wrote in message
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I remember Bob Flowerdew saying to put your leaves in plastic bags and
forget them for a couple of years. I found my bags this week behind
the shed, full of lovely leaf mould.

Now, anyone know why I did this? What is the stuff for?

Thanks

Jon

Use it to mulch around plants, esp. moisture-loving woodland plants, but
anything that would appreciate a yummy duvet over the winter. Otherwise,
add it your potting mix.

Spider

Leaf mould is a great mulch and it also is very good for encouraging worm activity.

Spider wrote:

"NogbadtheCool" wrote in message
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I remember Bob Flowerdew saying to put your leaves in plastic bags and
forget them for a couple of years. I found my bags this week behind
the shed, full of lovely leaf mould.

Now, anyone know why I did this? What is the stuff for?

Thanks

Jon

Use it to mulch around plants, esp. moisture-loving woodland plants, but
anything that would appreciate a yummy duvet over the winter. Otherwise,
add it your potting mix.

Yes excellant peat substitute. Used to be used generally before peat use
became general.

"Spider" wrote in message
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"NogbadtheCool" wrote in message
...
I remember Bob Flowerdew saying to put your leaves in plastic bags and
forget them for a couple of years. I found my bags this week behind
the shed, full of lovely leaf mould.

Now, anyone know why I did this? What is the stuff for?

Thanks

Jon

Use it to mulch around plants, esp. moisture-loving woodland plants, but
anything that would appreciate a yummy duvet over the winter. Otherwise,
add it your potting mix.

Yes, I do the same.

I have a lot of trees, get the leaves up and put them into pierced black
dustbin bags behind the greenhouse for couple of years. Some bags are
leering at me to get them out to do something with them while I still have
this years crop to go into bags..
When I say I have a lot of trees, maybe 70 ish.

Tina

Christina Websell writes
I have a lot of trees, get the leaves up and put them into pierced
black dustbin bags behind the greenhouse for couple of years. Some
bags are leering at me to get them out to do something with them while
I still have
this years crop to go into bags..
When I say I have a lot of trees, maybe 70 ish.

How many bags do you get each year off that lot?

I've just collected leaves off the lawn and the paths, and that has
given me a square heap 5ft by 5ft and 30 inches deep. It's in a set of
linked together boards that open out to make a square frame - three of
them on top of each other. I didn't buy them - they'd been dumped on our
local nature reserve. I'm now waiting till it's all compacted down a bit
before adding the last lot (there are still quite a lot of leaves on the
trees).

I don't bother to move leaves from the flower beds.
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Kay