Fortunately, for us, that type of tree generally drops most of its leaves in a very short time-span. This year a heavy rain helped it along even more...
So we start out by raking all of the leaves into a big pile near the gate to the back yard...
Kayl rakes with style!!
Sean rakes with precision!
Anyway - once the leaves are all stacked up into a great, big pile...
...it's time too...
...have fun!!
Leaf-throwing is a great time!
The kids like to make it seem like it's raining leaves.
This is a public service announcement on the dangers of leaf-throwing with long hair...
The kids decided to bring our dog Tagalong out to the leaf party.
"These guys are crazy - I'm outta here!"
So you might be wondering - what do we do with all of the leaves, after we are done playing and re-rake them into a pile again (or maybe for the third or fourth time...)? Most go on our garden as a mulch and compost! Here Mary is prepping our strawberries for the winter, just before we bury them in leaves.
A small side-note for you strawberry growers out there: what we do is cut away all of the old, big leaves and stems (like you see in the center of the box with Mary), as well as the runners from between plants, leaving just the fresh, new growth the plant put out before winter (the way the rest of the box looks). Then we bury the plants about 3-4 inches in mulch. this only works with the very small leaves of our tree - big leaves (or grass clippings) would create a heavy sludge-like area that would kill the plants. Instead, consider straw. This works very well for us, and our plants have been giving us tons of great strawberries for years now.
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