When the many colorful leaves fall to the ground in autumn, many do not know how to dispose of the autumn leaves. Here are 5 tips on what to do with it.
Beautiful spectacle of nature
Every year in autumn, the leaves of the deciduous trees turn bright colors. However, this beautiful natural spectacle lasts only a short time and the leaves are already falling off the trees. It should or must be disposed of at this very moment (e.g. to avoid damage to the lawn), for which we have put together some useful disposal tips for you.
Dispose of or reuse autumn leaves
Tip 1:
In principle, leaves can be composted and thus used as humus again in spring at the latest. Simply rake up the leaves and store them on the compost.
However, it is important to note that even a small gust of wind can spread the leaves around the garden again. For this reason you should undermine it on top of the compost - pile already digested compost material on top. You can also stretch a simple net over the compost so that no leaves can fly around in the garden even in strong gusts of wind.
Tip 2:
If you don't have any compost, you can work the leaves directly into the vegetable beds and fruit beds and rot them on the spot to let. To do this, spread the leaves evenly on the harvested beds and work them well into the soil with a garden claw (or similar device).
If you loosen the soil well beforehand for this purpose, you can make this work much easier. In this way, the soil is also supplied with many of the necessary nutrients in late autumn and can be used again as a cold frame in early spring.
Tip 3:
Foliage can also keep the immediate soil of certain plants moist for far longer, so that these ornamental plants hardly have to suffer during the winter drought. For this purpose you have to pile up the leaves around these plants and possibly weigh them down with branches of brushwood. However, you should only carry out this work when most of the snails have already escapedgardens have disappeared. Because snails like to stay in damp leaves.
And during the decaying process of the leaves over the winter months, which also quickly sets in here, the plants are also supplied with sufficient nutrients again.
Tip 4:
In addition, foliage serves as protection against the cold, for example with frost-sensitive roses. To do this, heap the root area (plant trunk) with leaves and then cover the roses with brushwood and/or garden fleece.
Tip 5:
But mountains of leaves also offer hedgehogs a safe place to spend the winter. To do this, you have to stack the leaves together in a well-protected place to form a hill. If the hedgehogs leave their sleeping place again after the winter months, you can work the autumn leaves into the beds in a useful way.