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Pollygardening wrote:
Kindred spirits - I've been known to rake pine needles from neighbor's yards to freshen up my shrub beds.
The fall leaves mixed with grass (for nitrogen) break down over the winter for my spring plantings - a REAL pain to turn it, 'tho with me in the middle of the pile.
My mature pots take lots of water, and you are sure right about the benefit of the leaf mulch to hold it.