The approach of winter provides the garden with fallen leaves. As our perennial plants die back, the trees shed their leaves. This is a gift. Pine needles form a carpet on the grass. Raking it into rows and then the rows into piles, soon we end up with a blanket to overwinter our perennials.
In sections of the garden where deciduous trees shed, it comes at a time where there is still some green in the lawn, topped with fallen leaves. Mowing before the lawn goes dormant provides a last top-up of the compost bays. The combination of fallen leaves and green grass will soon start to break down. With turning, by spring this last mow will have turned to black gold, ready to refresh the raised beds.
The change of season, the approaching darkness, can still provide bounty. Instead of looking to the sky, see the leaves that will safeguard your plants and feed the soil when spring returns.
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