Pick up leaves or leave them lying around?

Pick up leaves or leave them lying around?

Before you get an insight into the various options for collecting leaves, you might be concerned with the question of whether it is really necessary to collect all of the leaves to collect. Surprisingly, you can save yourself a lot of work in this regard. You can leave the leaves lying around in beds without hesitation. The foliage layer is not only effective in winter cold isolating, but enriched the soil after decomposition also with nutrients.
On the Lawn you need the foliage however remove. Here the advantages mentioned above have a negative effect on the development of the grass. Due to the deprivation of light and oxygen, your lawn will perish under a thick layer of leaves.

Recycle leaves

Of course, you can save a lot of time by removing the leaves in the beds let lie. To achieve an even better effect, however, it is worth taking the effort to collect the leaves and close them

compost. To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Pick up leaves
2. Chop leaves
3. Store leaves on top of the compost
4. check regularly for mold growth
5. Mix with vegetable scraps if necessary to increase the nutrient content
6. Distribute again in the beds

Different methods

The easiest way to collect leaves is by raking or Sweep (depending on the surface). Furthermore, many gardeners now use the mowing machineto clear the garden from leaves. It is best to test for yourself which method you personally like better. To make things easier, we have put together a brief overview of the advantages and disadvantages:

Rake / sweep leaves

Advantages:

• not tied to a power source
• possible on many surfaces
• no costs for expensive machines
• low noise

Disadvantage:

• stressful

Remove leaves with the lawn mower

Advantages:

• hardly any physical work
• Leaves end up in the grass catcher
• Foliage becomes crushed

Disadvantage:

• according to
• tied to power source