Don't pile leaf litter too high around perennials. 0 Comments Share this. Facebook; ... I blew the leaves from my lawn onto my flower beds to try to help overwintering insects.

Use a leaf shredder to shred fallen leaves or run over them with a mower with a bag attached. If you don’t chop up the organic matter, it will still compost. It will just take longer.

Removing spent blooms from your garden flowers can be tedious work. Pinching or pruning dead flowers is not just a matter of ...

Allowing guests to harvest and season their drinks, entrees and sides from the garden or container creates an interactive experience they are sure to remember.

The kaleidoscopic carpet of fallen leaves that our trees are dropping provides the basis for nutrient-rich compost. And it's free. Compost is decomposed organic material: trees, shrubs, vines ...

Make compost. Leaves are a major ingredient in any successful compost pile. Mix them up with end-of-season annuals, weeds, and selected vegetable and fruit scraps from the kitchen.

Gardeners are urged to put piles of leaves in flower beds this November (Image: Getty) The UK is braced for its first taste of winter this week with snow, ice and cold temperatures on the forecast.