Gardeners? Should I pick up all dead leaves?

keith969

sandy2210 wrote: »

yep just ignore the fact laurel gives off cyinide gas when burned

Which is flammable too. Not a problem if you burn it outdoors as I used to when I had a laurel hedge.

getmore4less

I would have shredded all the stuff that was cut and put that back on the area as well.

If you want it to look nicer a top layer of bark or wood chip if you can find some cheap. Probably need a couple of builders bags worth.

I use a leaf blower(sucking) to break up our leaf drop to reduce volume and break down quicker on the compost.

You could set up a compost bin somewhere and just keep filling it ours that takes our kitchen waste is now so full of worm stuff gets eaten real quick when added.

cyclonebri1

One of my compost bins, the plastic jobbies the council supplied, has recently been invaded by an ant colony. Never even noticed them as it's not been opened since last autumn as is way away from the house.
They have "processed" every bit of organic matter. What was a full 48" tall bin is now 12" of the finest fertiliser you could imagine.