Shredding Fall Leaves for Garden Mulch

[@marthahaber7772]

I love that you’re harvesting the fall leaves to enrich your garden. Hopefully you would untie the bags instead of ripping them open so they could be used over again. You could even give them to your neighbors for refilling 😊

[@bergda1]

This is the best leaf shredding video I've ever seen❣️

[@howmyhomegardengrows]

Wow, thank you!

[@morgan79347]

I’ve been mowing mine for many years. A mulching mower blade is better than a single blade. I have two 55 gallon compost barrels I load them in, excess gets stacked to the side of the garden.

[@teresathomley3703]

I like to pretend I'm a minimalist too, pal. Good video.👍

[@offroadhub.official]

This is the best video about shredding leaves I've ever seen!

[@howmyhomegardengrows]

Wow, thanks!

[@ra0333]

Def top 5 for me

[@marvinrobinson8519]

Nice Video! Leaves work very well for me, too! Great mulch plus the nutrients they supply = a better garden.

[@stephenmoberg8807]

I use the shredded leaves as mulch and also in my compost tumbler 9-12 months later I have excellent compost

[@Owl4909]

Good vid. New sub from NC. leaves are great for our garden

[@howmyhomegardengrows]

Thanks for the sub!

[@joannthompson765]

Keep up the good work I also use the big white canvas construction bags and dump 10 plus bags let it sit a yr

[@howmyhomegardengrows]

I had to move some of the leaves recently and saw so many earthworms at the soil surface. I only wish I had gathered as many as you. Next year...

[@mayaprasanth9228]

Good video, to the point.

[@howmyhomegardengrows]

Glad it was helpful!

[@teresathomley3703]

Yeah

[@MarshallDunn-n5f]

I like the point about shredding leaves so they do not Mat up.

[@stephenmoberg8807]

👍👍

[@krystal-rh9um]

Cool method. Do you compost other organic material separately, or mix it all in?

[@howmyhomegardengrows]

I keep them separate. One reason I like using the fall leaves as a mulch and source of soil fertility is that I don't have to worry about e coli bacteria or excessive nitrogen from manure that hasn't finished composting, or vermin getting into food scraps.

[@HamiltonRb]

@@howmyhomegardengrows I avoid the problem of rodents going through food scraps by replacing that green matter with grass clippings saved after every cutting throughout the summer. When I mulch the leaves in the fall I mix in the grass clippings collected, mulch them all together & it all goes right on top of my 9 raised garden beds. No smelly compost pile that attracts animals, just grass & leaves.

[@RoseMarySproule]

How do I stop them all blowing away

[@howmyhomegardengrows]

I find that when the leaves have been shredded, they don't blow away as readily, seemingly because they have less surface area for the wind to catch. It also helps once they are shredded to wet them down well.

[@marvinrobinson8519]

​@@howmyhomegardengrows I use them whole. If I put them on in the fall, they stay wet enough to stay in place. I also use them as a mulch during the summer (I raised a cover crop last winter). In western Oregon, they stay wet enough (during the winter) to stay in place pretty well. In the fall and spring, I use a flail to chop and drop everything in place.

[@teresathomley3703]

I