Fall is here and Leaf It Alone is providing fall cleanups all around Guelph!
Cleanups are important and help keep your property looking tidy. I know there are people that will argue that with the leaves falling it creates free mulch and nutrients for the soil and garden beds. This does have some validity to it but just like everything in moderation, you can have too many leaves on your lawn and garden beds.
When a full-sized tree drops all of its leaves on your property and completely covers everything it can actually do more harm than good. It will slowly rot down and create a carpet over the area it covers and suffocate anything underneath causing any grass or plants to die and not come back in the spring.
This is why leaving a few leaves or mulching up the leaves collected and sprinkling them over the lawn and garden beds is a much better idea than letting nature take its course. It also saves you all that time in the spring when you are trying to bring your lawn and gardens back to life for the summer!
While we are waiting for the rest of the leaves to drop, enjoy the beautiful scenery of our season changing once again. Sometimes it's the simple things in life that are the most enjoyable to watch.
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