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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

BlueToTheBone

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1. I'm eyeing those great big piles of leaves that will clog

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 10:08 PM

Dec 2011

the ditches and have great plans for them. I saw some bags of other people's leaves, but I was concerned that their stuff had microbes that didn't belong in my organic garden. Off to collect my own before the rains send debris down the road and cut rivers across, creating new ruts. I get to be a gardener and a road maintainer in the same act. good job, that!

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Frugal mulch in the garden and flower beds. [View all] Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 OP

I'm eyeing those great big piles of leaves that will clog BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #1

Everything should do double duty, I suppose. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #2

There are a lot of black walnut trees in town and the BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #4

I do not know about black walnut trees, but Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #5

I have several avocado trees. They shed leaves in abundance. JDPriestly Dec 2011 #3

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that all trees like mulch from their own leaves. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #6