Leave the Leaves for Free Fertilizer
Leave the Leaves for Free Fertilizer
Every fall, millions of bags of leaves are hauled off to the curb - and with them go nutrients your trees worked all season to produce.
Leaves are not waste; they're food, insulation, and habitat. When chopped and returned to lawns or garden beds, they break down into organic matter that feeds soil life, improves structure, and reduces the need for synthetic fertilizer. This process mirrors the forest floor, where nothing is removed and fertility builds year after year.
Leaving the leaves isn't laziness - it's participation in a closed loop that nature perfected long before baggers and blowers showed up.